Becky Ray McCain

This book is about a little Chippewa girl named, Kimmy, who is staying with her grandparents while her parents are away. When her parents leave, it reminds her of the bad dreams she has been having. Grandmother comforts Kimmy by telling her about the legend of the dreamcatcher and the power it holds. She shows Kimmy a dreamcatcher and decides to make one with her. Kimmy is excited! She sleeps peacefully with happy dreams. This book also gives instructions on how to make a dreamcatcher. I enjoyed this book due to the fact that it provided a traditional belief to comfort Kimmy's fear of bad dreams, family ties, and legends that are continued to be passed through generations.… (más)

I liked this book for two reasons. First, I liked the character development. In the fiction literature, Grandmother’s Dreamcatcher, a young Native American girl named Kimmy, visits her grandmother. For some time now, Kimmy has been having bad dreams at night. Kimmy’s grandmother teaches her how to make a dreamcatcher. She also learns about how the dreamcatcher came about in their cultural. Kimmy changes from being a child who is scared when she has nightmares and needs her mother. While spending time with her grandmother, she learns about her cultural while learning how to have happy and peaceful dreams. Second, I also liked the illustrations. The illustrator used pale and dull colors on each page. Seeing these colors made me think of Native American tribes and how their environment solemnly has bright colors. The illustrator also enlarged illustration indicating the importance of something. For example, when the grandmother is telling Kimmy about the dreamcatcher, the spider who is believed to catch the bad dreams, takes up most of the page. The main message of the story is the special bond between a grandchild and a grandmother. Grandmothers can teach us skills or lessons we may not learn from our parents.… (más)

This is a good book to read to students since they may not know what to do when someone is being bullied. This is a story about a classmate watching Ray get bullied but he is not sure what to do. These bullies tried to intimidate everyone in class so that they would not tell. One day Ray missed school and one of his classmates decided to go tell the teacher. He knew his teacher was trust worthy and would listen to him. The following day Ray came back and his bullies were confronted by their teacher and the school principal. An end was put to his bullying once one person decided to speak up.… (más)