Title: The Invisible Boy
Author: Trudy
Ludwig
Illustrator: Patrice
Barton
Publisher: Random
House Children’s Books
Copyright: 2013
Number of Pages: 40
Genre: Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Grade Level: 2nd
Grade
Content Area: English
Language Arts
Trucy Ludwig
wrote the book, The Invisible Boy, to
show how a small act of kindness can change someone’s life. No one ever notices
Brian, not even his teacher at times. The other kids don’t include him in any
games or invite him to their birthday parties. A new student arrives and does
not quite fit in at first either. Brian is the first person to be kind to
Justin, the new student. Justin returns the favor by being his friend and
helping him stand out. I would use this book as a way to show the students how
important is to be kind to people and relate it to the content area of English
Language Arts. I would make a big T-Chart poster with kind actions on one side
and mean actions on the other side. I would give each student two sticky notes
to write a short example of a kind action and a mean action. Then they would
stick them on the correct side of the poster. The illustrations portray how Brian
started out as invisible and dull, then how he becomes colorful and noticed
towards the end.
Lilly, This is a wonderful book. I love the example you gave for a classroom activity! This would be very beneficial for your students to understand the importance of their actions.
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