Mr. Henkes is a gifted story teller! He portrays a seven year old, second grader's feelings and thoughts very well. The book shares Billy Miller's second grade school year. The book is divided into four parts: teacher, father, sister, and mother. The reader becomes very well acquainted with Billy yet the pace of the moves along rapidly and effortlessly. Such great character development without long descriptive paragraphs. I liked how close knit the family is.
A point for discussion: The second graders are to write a poem about a favorite family member. The teacher, Ms. Silver, points out that all families are different. When defending his very simple poem-My Only Mom, Billy points out that a classmate of his has two moms.
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