Sundown kid

Bietz, B. (2016). Sundown kid. Place of publication not identified: August House Pub. 32 pages, K-2 grade, picture book, ISBN  978-1939160942

It is a story about a Jewish family move to a town in the Old West and they are the only Jewish family there. even though they faced different challenging from strangers, they still worked very hard to adapt their new life. Shabbat is very important in Jew. They made a lot of food to celebrate. Since they are the only Jewish family in the town, there was no one celebrate Shabbat with them. His mother said " too much soup, but not enough family." Then the boy had an idea to invite their new friends and neighbors for some good old-fashion chicken. They all had a wonderful time together and they knew about what is Shabbat.

I think it is a good book to teach students about celebration, diversity, and family. Nowadays, we all live in a diverse community that there are many different cultures surround us. This story told us that we should embrace different cultures. On the other hand, this book told us how a family look like in Jew. Teachers can use this example to compare different countries’ family to find out what are common or uncommon. Furthermore, this book can use to introduce different festival and discuss about how people celebrate their traditional festival. 

Reviewed by Karman A