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Author: Anna McQuinn
Publisher: Annick Press
Year of publish: c2008
Audience: Aged 4-7
Subject: Cultural differences
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The book is in the series of “My friends”. This is a story about cultural differences and boyhood friendship. The story features two boys and their families and is narrated by one of the boys Joseph a Polish American about his friend Somali boy Jamal. Joseph also examines many aspects of culture differences between the two. Such Jamal doesn’t eat pork as a Muslim; he read Koran instead of Bible; Jamal’s family sat on floor to eat. His mom cooks pasta with banana…. Despite the differences, they have so many are alike and enjoy being close friends. It is an excellent book to teach children acceptance of different cultures. There are a lot of dashes and exclamation marks in the text to show the conversation between the boys. It is in fast pace speed. Although the story is setting in America, the themes and differences issues are easy to connect to peoples around and those immigrant families in Australia. The authors combines real photographs and artwork together to add realistic and touching feeling to the story. Children age 4-7 will be interested.
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