Title: Way Up and Over Everything
Author: Alice McGill
Illustrator: Alice McGill
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Trade and Reference Division
Year of Publication: 2008
Genre: Children's fiction
Horn Book Rating: 1
Summary:
Way Up and Over Everything is a book about slaves working for their master. One day the slaves flew away and the master had no idea where they flew too and they were free.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
There are great watercolor landscapes of Georiga throughout this book that present a bird's eye view of the story. The illustrations of the slaves flying to freedom done in watercolor were very effective in getting across the message of the book. The slaves flying away signified freedom and the book gives us a great illustration of that.
Review by [your name]:
I believe that the illustrations in the book are remarkable. The use of watercolor and the powerful image of the slaves flying away is enough to give someone chills. This book produces a powerful message and the illustrations that go along with it are amazing. The author gives you the exact image that you will be imagining in your head if you were not looking at the pictures. This book has a great message and I believe that all students should read this book.
This book would be useful when teaching:
I would use this book as a companion text to the social studies text book in school. I would use this book to teacher students how the slaves were treat and how hard their lives were. I would explain to my students that the slaves were put through these conditions for many years and there was nothing that they could do about it. This book gives an inside look on how rough the slaves were treated and that would be valuable to teach in a social studies lesson.
Way Up and Over Everything is a book about slaves working for their master. One day the slaves flew away and the master had no idea where they flew too and they were free.
Summary of Professional Reviews:
There are great watercolor landscapes of Georiga throughout this book that present a bird's eye view of the story. The illustrations of the slaves flying to freedom done in watercolor were very effective in getting across the message of the book. The slaves flying away signified freedom and the book gives us a great illustration of that.
Review by [your name]:
I believe that the illustrations in the book are remarkable. The use of watercolor and the powerful image of the slaves flying away is enough to give someone chills. This book produces a powerful message and the illustrations that go along with it are amazing. The author gives you the exact image that you will be imagining in your head if you were not looking at the pictures. This book has a great message and I believe that all students should read this book.
This book would be useful when teaching:
I would use this book as a companion text to the social studies text book in school. I would use this book to teacher students how the slaves were treat and how hard their lives were. I would explain to my students that the slaves were put through these conditions for many years and there was nothing that they could do about it. This book gives an inside look on how rough the slaves were treated and that would be valuable to teach in a social studies lesson.