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That's the Hello, Goodbye Window. It looks like a regular window, but it's not.

This book reminds a lot of my childhood and spending it with my grandparents. I was lucky enough like this little girl to have my grandparents live so close that my sister and I could visit them and spend the night occasionally. This book brought back many memories for me and like her I hope to grow old and spend time with my future children and their children.

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. This book won the 2006 Caldecott Medal Award. This book is so heartwarming and family friendly. The child talks about all the different activities that she gets to do at Nanna and Poppy's house. The child talks about how talented and knowledgeable her Nanna and Poppy are and how much she learns from them when she visits.

“When I get my own house someday I‘m going to have a special Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I would 100% use this book in my classroom. I love how she is happy when getting dropped off and picked up by her parents. When I was teaching preschool I named one of our windows that so the students could say their last goodbye to their parents through the window.

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster was published in in 2005 and won the Caldecott Medal in 2006. I really enjoyed reading this book because I was able to relate to it with my family. The picture book is about a little girl who get dropped off at her grandparents house everyday when her parents go to work. She names their kite hen window the hello and goodbye window because it represents her family coming and going.

“You can be happy and sad at the same time, you know.“

This book has beautiful illustrations that really draw in the reader. It is a book that students might be able to connect with if they have that happy place they often go to or people they enjoy being around.

“The Hello, Goodbye Window“ by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka was published in 2005 and won the Caldecott medal in 2006 for its illustrations. It follows a child who is always so excited to see her grandparents and raves about all the different things about their house that bring her so much joy. She is always sad to leave but knows that she can always say hello and goodbye through the window each time she passes.

“but there's only one Hello, Goodbye Window and it's right where you need it.“

“You can be happy and sad at the same time, ya know.“ I think that this quote really shows the reader how feeling are fluid.

“The Hello, Goodbye Window“ emphasizes the importance of strong, loving relationships with family members, particularly grandparents. The magic window is a way for a young girl to bond and make memories with her grandparents. The illustrations of the book look as if a child created them, almost as if the young girl narrating the story created them herself. This book may spark discussion in the classroom of special memories of family they may have.

I really like this book and it would be great to talk about with younger kids to emphasize how much family is important. This would be good to use in the beginning of the year and to do an activity about getting to know your students.

The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster. Picture book. 2005. Caldecott Award Winning Book. This is a really wonderful book about family and and how cherished it is. The illustrations this book are unique and colorful which displays the characters emotions about her grandparents.

“The Hello, Goodbye Window“ is a fiction picture book written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka in 2005 and won a Caldecott medal in 2006. This story is about the magical Hello, Goodbye Window at her grandparent's house. This is a magical window where everything and anything can happen when you look through it. The message of the story is one of love for family, as well as remembrance, creativity, and discovery.

Caldecott Winner
In this book, the Narrator describes the joys of staying with her Nanna and Poppa, the fun they have together, and the importance of family in a child‘s life. The book emphasizes the beauty of small moments, like saying hello and goodbye through a kitchen window.
This book is a good way to start a student discussion about important family members in their lives.
“When we leave we always stop at the window to blow kisses goodbye”.

You can be happy and sad at the same time, you know. It just happens that way sometimes.

This book will be in my future classroom because it is a comforting story that many children and adults can somehow connect with. The book instantly brought me back to my own childhood.

The Hello, Goodbye Window is a children‘s picture book written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. It was published in 2005 and won the Caldecott Medal in 2006. The fun and playful illustrations combined with the young girls touching thoughts makes this a perfect read. I really enjoyed the colorful and funky illustrations that brought the words to life.

“When I get my own house someday
I‘m going to have a special
Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I love the vivid colors and childlike illustrations in this picture book. This would be a fun book to use when talking about stories and things that happen in your life, such as visiting grandparents, or to talk about imagination. Children cold draw their own Hello, Goodbye Window and whatever they wanted on the other side.

Published in 2005. This book is told in the perspective of a little girl who is visiting her grandparents. She talks about the different activities that they do together on her visits. She keeps returning to the window, which she calls the Hello, Goodbye Window. The colors and illustrations used are very bright and inviting. The pictures help to express the voice and perspective of the child telling the story.

“When you look from the outside, Nanna and Poppy's house has lots of windows, but there's only one Hello, Goodbye Window and it's right where you need it.“

This book is a great read that focuses on the importance of family and love. Family is an important part in each of our lives, no matter who they are. Something as simple as a window allows us to grow closer to our loved ones.

The book “The Hello, Goodbye Window was published in 2006 by Norton Juster. This book won the Caldecott Medal. The illustrations in the book are phenomenal. The overall theme of this book focuses on the importance of family and love. I really enjoy how the Hello, Goodbye Window was introduced at the beginning and touched on lastly at the end.

This heartfelt Caldecott award winning RF read is a book focusing on themes of family, relations, connections, imagination, and childhood.

Beautiful, whimsical illustration.

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This is a great story with a biracial couple and their granddaughter. The cool thing is that it doesn‘t center race as the story, but rather feelings. I did buy this one. Anyone have book recs for a biracial 6 year old??

Review: The hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster, 2005, is a Caldecott Winner about a young girl visiting her grandparents and their magic window. It has beautiful abstract illustrations.
Blurb: I would use this book in my classroom for a read aloud, and follow up with apart project. Letting children create the characters in the story as their own family.
Quote: “That's the Hello, Goodbye Window. It looks like a regular window but it's not.“

“I‘m going to have a special Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I would use this in my classroom because the children can relate to the relationship they have with someone.

This is a good traditional literature book for children. This book can be pretty relatable to kids. The theme of the story is about the loving relationship a young girl has with her grandparents and that is expressed through the illustrations too.

“I‘m going to have a special Hello, Goodbye Window too.”

I would use this in a future classroom because the images would engage the children with how interesting the illustrations are & the children would really engage with the story itself.

This book was a great traditional literature book. One way it meets criteria is that the story represents cultural norms and is not re-written to white Anglo-European conventions. Also, the illustrations really add to the story because of the way the artist draws the item and characters very loosely. This meaning that the bodies do not have clear outlines but you can tell what the images are.

This book is a Caldecott Award Winner (published 2005). I enjoyed this book because for me it brought back a sense of nostalgia, but for children this can just bring happiness whether the student think about their times with family, friends, or guardians.
I think the illustrations are very unique, and intricate. I had never seen illustrations like this before, but I hope to see more.
“You can be happy and sad at the same time, you know?“

The Hello, Goodbye Window is a wonderful RF PB, a Caldecott medal winner, written by Norton Juster and illustrated by Chris Raschka. This would be a perfect RA book for your K-3. This book is told from a little girl's point of view who is being babysat by her grandparents. She shares all of her wonderful experiences while at her grandparents house. This book provides a great lesson for children that all families are different and that everyone