Bryan Collier (1) (1967–)

1. I would recommend this book for early to middle level elementary students.
2.This book goes through the story of a boy who's dad goes to prison and disappears. The father for the longest time was a stay at home father and helped take care of the boy. For a good chunk of him growing up his dad was incarcerated and he didn't understand why his dad wasn't there anymore. Eventually his dad gets out of jail and see's his child again.
3.I will definitly have this book in my future classroom to teach other perspectives.… (mehr)

This is an emotionally resonant book about a boy who loses his father. The reader doesn't know how the boy loses his father. Maybe he died, maybe he went to prison (as the author's father did), or maybe he was forced to leave his family for some other reason. He says, "I'm sorry I will not be coming home," so we can assume it's not a deployment or temporary disruption. But he does write his son a letter encouraging him to be good and be himself, despite the absence of the father. A truly bittersweet story about the love of a parent who's not there.… (mehr)