Mr. McDonald is reading "Comment devenir une parfaite princesse en 5 jours"

This month I have chosen one of our new french titles in the library.   This book, "Comment devenir une parfaite princesse en 5 jours" would be most appropriate for our grade 1 - 4 students although all would find it terribly funny.    Anyone who from time to time feels like they have too much energy, or find it difficult to sit for a long period of time will appreciate the troubles that la princesse Echalote finds herself stumbling into.    The language is beautiful and the illustrations are self-explanatory.    No matter how hard la princesse Echalote tries she slowly comes to the realization that she is trying to be someone she is definitely not.   She realizes instead to focus on her strengths, her speed and to use her boundless energy to help her accomplish a goal which is meaningful to herself. 

I like the message in this book because as educators and parents it is so important to find the strengths and interests our students / children have and allow them to succeed at something they are good at doing.   Sometimes this could be a particular sport, an artistic skill or a subject they are really interested in exploring.   We are very much looking forward to exposing our students to many new areas of potential interest this month at Victory PS with our upcoming Enrichment Clusters.   Please take some time to talk to your children about what skill or cluster they chose to focus on and to discuss what they have learned.    Our hope is that they too will feel the satisfaction that la princesse Echalote did when she accomplished something that was of particular interest to her.  

Happy Reading!