An inside look with Joan Prentice & Round Author S.R. Taylor

Dr. Quinones Review on Round

"Round focuses on social interaction and social nature of schooling for children…in the perspective of a child."

Round also provides a lot of material for language arts lessons in several areas, including:

• “Author’s craft”
• Social interactions and dealing with “mean” children in schools/elsewhere
• The importance of believing in yourself, no matter what you look like, etc., the idea that having confidence from within is life-giving!
• The use of magic/fantasy in fiction stories
• Moral of the story / author’s message
• The purposeful use of adjectives and verbs in story-writing…for example, to create drama; so that the reader can create mental images; to create movement in the story

This book might also yield important conversations with children about loving themselves from within.

Sandra Quiñones, PhD
Assistant Professor of Literacy Education
Department of Instruction & Leadership in Education
Duquesne University