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I was curious to know why this book was listed in the Scholastic banned list. Upon finishing the book, I think the book has nothing controversial. Oh wait, there is a scene where kids in a cafeteria are sharing different kinds of bread from their cultural backgrounds. One character is holding a popular Mexican sweet bread called a Concha (they are very tasty). I am wondering if the book got added to the ban list because of germs. I suppose that could be a valid reason.

Otherwise, the book doesn't have anything censurable in my opinion. Characters show a map where their families emigrated from, children go to school in wheelchair access ramps, other children hug their parents goodnight. Nothing that would strike me as covert brainwashing. Ok, yes, there is one page in the book where two kids are brought to school by what seems like 2 parents of the same gender. But the drawings are done in such a way, that you would really have to focus and go looking for it to spot it. I doubt the target audience for this book would notice.

The ebook formatting is good without major issues. I think my sole complaint about the book was some of the prose in 1 or 2 pages was hard to read grammatically speaking. Which stroke me as odd since this is a trad book that would have been revised by several editors before publication. For this reason, I give the book 4 stars. Otherwise, I believe the book gives children a positive message.

Independent Reading Level: Pre-K through 3rd Grade
Awards: California Young Reader Master List and Kansas State Reading Circle Award

preschool to 3rd grade The Washington Center for the Book (WCB) has selected Seattle illustrator Suzanne Kaufman's New York Times best-selling picture book

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Food truck workers prepare for a food truck festival, while a family prepare to attend the festival. The bridge is closed due to turtles (?!?) so everyone has to take the ferry, but they still get to the festival and have a great time serving and eating lots of different kinds of food.

So specific and very cute. There’s a running gag of the baby of the family missing their shoe, and in the background you can see the cat playing with the shoe. I loved the sense of community, going to an urban street festival, and also things going wrong and everyone just working around it (the closed bridge and the missing baby shoe, to be specific).

Pages filled with simple, rhyming text and vibrant, diverse illustrations., The story takes the reader through a school day where every child regardless of background, skin color, family dynamic, religion or social status are welcomed with open arms. Such an amazing book to promote diversity and inclusion.

This book showcases each student’s differences in background, skin color, and traditions.
4-8
Social Moral
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Description: Celebrating diversity and inclusivity, this book highlights the importance of kindness, acceptance, and embracing differences.
Age Group: 4-8 years

For a book called Big Feelings, there is a decided LACK of them. Everything is ambivalent in nature, glossed over.....I wanted more. We need to talk emotions and feelings more and this book doesn't cut it

Independent Reading Level: 1st Grade
Awards: New York Times Best Seller

This book is great for children to feel comfortable and welcomed. I enjoyed how diverse and accepted everyone is in this book.This book is great for ages 2-6 years old.

This book is a great way to bring children together especially in a classroom setting. It shows the differences between each other and celebrates them.
Age:5
Source: Barnes and Noble

This book is good for primary to intermediate (k-4) level aged students. This book is about how diversity can make us stronger. The book goes through ways that individuals can be different by the way they dress, the food they eat, their culture, etc.. But it recognizes the fact that all are welcome in the classroom and differences will be celebrated. This book would be good to use in the classroom to bring all your students together as one classroom family.

A great book that shows that different races, religions, and backgrounds are all welcome in school. This book is very inclusive and would be great to read to establish a healthy classroom at the beginning of the year. Great for a read-aloud for any age, or individually 1st-3rd.

This book would be a great read aloud book to the class to help set the tone of the environment. This book shows that every student is welcomed and valued in the classroom. This book is targeted towards primary grade students.

The first day of school is nerve-racking. Will I be welcome? Will the people I meet be friendly? Is the teacher kind? Anxiety levels soar high. But the reality is all are in the same boat, and everyone overcomes the worry by feeling welcome and welcoming each other. Even if we look different, we all share the same place.

We picked this book for its title. The book is a meaningful addition to a first-day read at school or bedtime for children preparing to enter schooling. The easy-to-read rhyming texts and colorful illustrations will welcome them to a new world without fear or hesitation.

All Are Neighbors by Alexandra Penfold is a beautifully illustrated inclusive book that joyously welcomes every child to their school.

I thought this book may be hard for some kids to understand. The pictures were really good though and it intrigued many types of food from different cultures

Another great story about differences. I also think it is a great first day of school story because it puts it out there right away. Students could draw an image of what makes them unique and we could put it on a bulletin board that says "All Are Welcome".

I love feelings books, and i want to always create conversations in the classroom around mental health and how we are feeling. I think the emotions and characters in this book are extremely relatable and its a great read.

It is the first day at school. It is a day when the young meet all kinds of people - fellow students, teachers, parents, a whole new world. The anxiety of the first day of school is genuine for every little one. But this school wants to make it better for everyone by welcoming one and all with an open heart filled with love. All are welcome, no matter who you are, what you wear, where you come from, what you eat, and what you play.

We picked this book for its title. The book conveys an optimistic message for young children who dread their first day of school. The illustrations are pretty and address diversity by portraying the real world.

All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold has a positive influence, making it a perfect starter for someone new to a school.

Children come to school wearing whatever they wear, playing whatever they play, making friends, learning, and discovering that, most of all, everyone is welcome.

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This vital message . . . all children are welcome in school . . . is one that all young readers should hear. The illustrations are diverse, the poetic narrative clear about what children do throughout the school day; clearly this is a celebration of community, of common ground, of what classrooms are truly meant to be.

The target audience, young readers ages two through six, preschool through primary grades, will find much to appreciate here.

Highly recommended.

This book is about how kids can make a difference. It shows other points of view, making alternative plans, and strengthening friendships that can help navigate the human experience.

Sweet rhymes and images, great message -- I think this is a perfect first day of school book, to read aloud and together.

The illustrations in this are fantastic, full of energy and kids reflecting diverse cultures, religions, races, and abilities. They aptly depict some strategies for dealing with overwhelming emotions and the situations that provoke them: communication, compromise, collaboration, seeing things from another perspective.

The text struggles to hold its own against such expressive images at times, but Big Feelings still offers parents, teachers, and librarians ample opportunities to help children connect to the insights offered by the words, the illustrations, or both taken together.

‘Big Feelings’ is the follow-up book to ‘All Are Welcome’ (AAW) by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman. This book is intended to help children navigate the emotional challenges they face in their daily lives. This book was released during the emotionally charged days of Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, and COVID-19 isolations. The book seeks to recognize the excited feelings of anticipation, the disappointments of failure, the disagreements with friends, before coming together for a different point of view, i.e., finding a different solution.

This book has much fewer text than AAW and relies heavily on the illustrations to tell the story. Both its story and text are quite simplistic. The strong emotions are lightly touched via text as each page turned, quickly revealing the next set of feelings. I’m afraid it didn’t deliver as powerfully as AAW didn’t. This book should work for the much younger ages such as pre-school as an introduction to identify the different types of feelings a child may have. Having the right word to express the inner tug-of-war in a little one is a reasonable starting point.

Same as AAW, the kids in this book represent every variety of ethnicity and religious background, which I greatly appreciate.½