Second read through:

Reading this too kids makes the experience so different. Unfortunately, I was only recording videos of my reading it for my students instead of interacting with them. I cannot wait for when I can read to my students in person.
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I picked this one up because my alumni mentor (who is a teacher) gave this book to me AND my mentor teacher reads this to her 4th grade students every year. Knowing that I'm going to be student teaching next year, I've been trying to read more books that I can recommend to my students. So, I thought I would start with the book that two teachers I really look up to recommended.

This book was a BLAST! I loved it so much. I was taken on a journey that I absolutely loved. I now realize why all my mentor teachers have been telling me to read this book! Because it's absolutely amazing! I love the message at the end as well. I most definitely will be reading it to my own classes in my future. I cannot wait to read it to my student teaching class next year! :)