Title: Momma, Where are you from?
Illustrator: Chris K. Soentpiet
Genre: Picture book
Sub Genre: Realistic/ historical/ biographical fiction
Theme: we all have a past. the past is full of good memories that makes us who we are.
Primary and Secondary Characters: The young girl and momma
Award(s) date of publication: 2000
Brief Summary:One day, a young girl asks her mom where she is from. The young girl is full of questions. Her mother replies with artifacts and moments in her past. She tells her daughter all about herself with past events. She tells her what she use to do, what she use to cook, but all of what she tells her is introduced by the sentence, "I'm from." For example, she says, "I'm from beans - green, lima, and pea - picked, strung, snapped, and shelled into pans, then put on the stove to simmer for an hour."
Used in the Classroom: I think this would be a good book to read to students. It may be different from what they are use to. I really enjoyed the response the mother gave. It showed creativity of expression. This might inspire students to do the same. This could introduce another topic or a creative project could follow this book.
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