For music is magic, it soothes and it mends..."

Am I the only party-pooper who doesn't want to join this parade? ?áWell, I guess I hope so. ?áI guess if we could have world peace and all it would cost me is earplugs, that'd be a great thing. ?áI can't guess what kids think of this, though. ?áNot for tots, I think - the text is long, and they're not likely to understand how ppl can?ábe fighting?áone minute and jump on the bandwagon the next." ( )

This book is an excellent book that can show children how to come together as one and love everyone around them. The poetry of the story flows very smoothly and each argument is ended with the phrase "And to think that we thought that we'd never be friends!". The young brother and sister always seem to get into debacles over anything that they are doing and when their parents step in to help they always come together and make up. I think that this book has a strong morality within the pages. It shows that any resolution can be resolved by finding a common interest between the two parties that are disagreeing. Although it may seem unrealistic to have a parade around the Earth with all of the nations, it can show children how to love and respect everyone around them. Every animal on the land and even in the sea come together for this parade and sing songs and play instruments. The pictures include different cultures and forms of traditional dress wear of that culture. It is helpful to show children many cultures at a young age so that they can be accustomed to seeing different types of people around them. The words in the poem are also very descriptive and can let the reader's imagination run wild and create new images that the pictures around the text may not show. ( )

Lesson: What Do Good Neighbors Do?