Absolutely loved reading this book, it was such a fast easy read that will absolutely be recommended to students, even if it‘s just showing them one of the many stories in this book. It was a unique way to be able to read so many stories from different authors with varying writing styles but almost all having a main theme of teaching a lesson of finding purpose and enjoying who you are in your family and culture, and where you are put at in life.

A cool thing/side-note from Alexander‘s “Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine cents” mentioned father, Jack Jackson. My grandfather‘s name is Jackie Jackson and great grandfather‘s name was Jack Jackson as well

“The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn” by Kelly J. Baptist is one of the few stories in this that I would love to have more of the story, to know what happens after and maybe even have a blurb of the story the dad had written. The high hopes of Isaiah (publishing the story) given the circumstances surrounding him is admirable and would be a great short read to give students in my future class.

Meg Medina‘s story “Sol Painting, Inc.” was one of the first of these stories to stick out to me. The siblings dynamic is what caught my attention at first and made me think back to my own family life, being the oldest I was able to think about how my younger siblings may have felt about standards that were set for us. The big thing that sticks out is the use of bilingual dialogue that was kept in, it was such an interesting read for me.