Last Stop on Market Street

Story described at the book covers very important social aspects of life especially important novadays. Bought other books in the series after reading that one.

This book is written for a younger group. It is about a little boy and his nana and their trip on the bus to the soup kitchen. It has a great message it is a must read.

I bought this book after moving my young family from SF to a very homogeneous suburb. Rode MUNI with my kids & at the time didn’t realize how diversity is taught passively when it’s all around you. Fast forward, my kiddo makes a comment in preschool that shocks me & realize that she’s now in such a bubble. This book is clearly nostalgic for me, but for my kids it’s a chance to talk about all the different lives people live. A chance to talk about race, culture, homelessness, privilege (riding the bus instead of a car, not having a music player), people with disabilities, etc.To those who choose to post about the grammar In this book, good authors work very hard on depicting dialects, which are 100% a part of one’s culture. Take the opportunity to discuss the diversity that exists in language too. My goodness, white people from Boston add & delete Rs like crazy (Cubar instead of Cuba, ca’ instead of car). 🙃

This story has a lovely story that is a great teaching moment for young children. I enjoyed the illustrations and I find these stories about real life situations of other people in other circumstances other than your own offer great teaching moments for the young readers....Recommend you read it to your young children and it gives you a good opportunity to explain to your children that even those who have much less than you do....but, have love and family are wealthy in their own way....and to express all types of families exist and are all just as important and your individual family is to you. Important that they are getting more books out that offer important lessons about life to young people...to grow their empathy for others...and caring feelings for others from a young age. Recommend

This is a fantastic book for people who live in an urban environment. My almost-3 year old son loves this book and I suspect it is because he can relate to riding the bus and loves the guy playing guitar. It is also a good tool for continuing our conversations about people who do not have enough to eat, maybe don't have places to live, and who struggle. These are concepts that we have introduced in the past but the book is not heavy-handed about these issues if they are new to your child. My son would not understand that their destination is a "soup kitchen" but we talk about that. Now when we read it he recognizes what the boy and his grandmother are doing on the final pages. I really enjoy the sarcastic tone and "dialect" of English the grandmother speaks. I particularly enjoyed that she gives the same explanation for rain: so that the trees can drink! Her description of "straws" also has led my son and I to talk about how trees suck up water when we are walking in the rain. Overall, it was one of my most successful recent children's book purchases. It was an instant favorite for my son (and he's a bit particular and prefers books exclusively featuring musical instruments)!

This is a really nice book. For parents out there to write a negative review because of how this grandmother and grandson speak is, to my mind, quite ridiculous. Aren't we, as parents, supposed to raise children to become aware of others in their world who may not look exactly like them? Who may not talk exactly like them? Who may not live exactly like them? This book does a really nice job of presenting a loving family living in the city of San Francisco and also has a very powerful lesson about giving back. What more could a father (me) or mother ask for in terms of an appropriate and loving book for their pre-schooler? I found it not only a charming story but a great vehicle for opening some doors into some important discussions. My daughter loves it and I couldn't recommend it enough.

this book makes me ache in a good way. living in a rural, remote setting, the idea of public transportation is in itself enough to ignite my imagination in this book. we all need cars where my grandsons live and so this book right away becomes a foreign adventure. and what an adventure! with a grandmother who views the world poetically and with a deep sense of humanity. this book embraces the love between generations all the while it also delivers an important message about caring for others beyond our immediate family and to see everyone as an extension of our family. i wish i had had this book in my life when i was a young child.

Very good item.

Gorgeous book. My Year 3 class loved it and really related to it (being in a south London school). Would really recommend for classrooms and at home

Favorite!

The story has a nice flow, and a wonderful dynamic between the little boy and his nana, that kept my 2 and 4yr old kids asking to hear it read over and over. The vivid imagery and the way the pictures sometimes speak for themselves made it a fun read for all of us, and stimulated some great questions from the little ones, and some fun conversations over the book. I find that CJ's nana is such a positive, spunky character that you can't help but admire her and her way of 'seeing beautiful' where you might not think to look.

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