Title: Ladder to the Moon
Author: Maya Soetoro-Ng
Illustrator: Yuyi Morales
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Subgenre: Illustrated book
Theme: Family, Tragedy
Primary & Secondary Characters: Suhaila and her grandmother
Primary & Secondary Characters: Suhaila and her grandmother
Date of publication: 2011
Publishing Company: Candlewick Press
Summary: The book is about a girl named Suhaila whose inquisitive
nature leaves her asking questions of her grandmother and what she was like.
The resemblance in Suhaila’s hand to her grandmother’s hands represents the
passion to help others and the empathy she has for others as well. Suhaila gets her wish
when a golden ladder appears at her window, and Grandma Annie invites her to
come along with her on a magical journey to the moon.
I would use this book in the classroom as a way to
talk about losing loved ones. At some point, students will experience losing a
grandparent or someone close to them. This book reminds us that lost loved ones
are always with us and sometimes if we look up at the moon; it may help us
remember them.
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