Ben's week 3 Post.

A book I was reading this week that I would like to share with you is the book by Katheryn Cave called One child one seed.

It is a text aimed at junior primary children and is a book with a real life narrative surrounding the young girl Nothando and her family.

The story follows the families daily activities around planting, tending, picking and preparing pumpkins into their evening meal. The book also is written as a learning text around the skill of counting, and it is written with a rising number on each page embedded in the story e.g one seed, two hand to plant the seed etc. The final pages have seeds laid out in  table for children to practice their counting. 

The book is designed to raise awareness of different cultures, and give insights into the living situations of children in other countries. I believe the books other purpose is to allow children from Western countries who may not have experienced home grown food, the chance to see food being grown and harvested in this way.

Ben