The Secret of the Village Fool is written by Canadian author Rebecca Upjohn. It is a nominee for this year's Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express category. I read The Secret of the Village Fool yesterday to a grade 4/5 class. They were all quite captivated by the story. The story is about a 'village fool', Anton, who takes care of all the living things around him. When war breaks out Anton hides a Jewish family because a life is a life and they are all worth saving. When the story was over the kids were fascinated by the final few pages that revealed this was in fact a true story. I was very happy to see that a few kids asked to borrow it and read again on their own. This is quite possibly a winner in the Silver Birch Express category.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
The Secret of the Village Fool by Rebecca Upjohn
The Secret of the Village Fool is written by Canadian author Rebecca Upjohn. It is a nominee for this year's Forest of Reading Silver Birch Express category. I read The Secret of the Village Fool yesterday to a grade 4/5 class. They were all quite captivated by the story. The story is about a 'village fool', Anton, who takes care of all the living things around him. When war breaks out Anton hides a Jewish family because a life is a life and they are all worth saving. When the story was over the kids were fascinated by the final few pages that revealed this was in fact a true story. I was very happy to see that a few kids asked to borrow it and read again on their own. This is quite possibly a winner in the Silver Birch Express category.
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