![]() Last Stop on Market Street is a fun read for a rainy morning or any other time we want to remind ourselves to count our blessings. ![]() She makes the hard task of teaching young CJ gratitude feel joyful as she doles out wisdom like a veteran dealer with a lucky deck of cards, calmly, patiently and humorously, all the while laughing her deep laugh and picking up and setting down her knitting in between. 16,076 Ratings 'Sometimes when youre surrounded by dirt, CJ, youre a better witness for whats beautiful.Nana effortlessly, as Matt de la Peña so eloquently writes, "always sees beautiful where never even thought to look". Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña 4.29 avg. The endearing relationship between CJ and. When Nana finally convinces CJ that the ease and wonder he's seeking so desperately is literally surrounding him if he would just tune into the beauty (brought brilliantly to life by Christian Robinson's art) of what he already has, we watch him get a little closer to finding some bit of gratitude.Īs a parent, Last Stop on Market Street is a different kind of lesson - one about grace, patience and joy. Last Stop on Market Street is a hip-hoppin, heart-thumpin, toe-tappin musical joy ride about finding beauty in everyday city life. Last Stop on Market Street is a wonderful story about celebrating your community and embracing your neighborhood. "Why do we have to go here after church?", "Why don't we have a car to get there?", even stopping to lament to his Nana how much he wishes he "had one of those" when he sees two older boys step onto the bus sharing a pair of headphones plugged into one of their phones. Authored by Matt de la Pea and illustrated by Christian Robinson, childrens book, Last Stop on Market Street follows a young boy named CJ as he learns to. Last Stop on Market Street 1 New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal A Caldecott Honor Book A Coretta Scott King. That's why Last Stop on Market Street is such a warm and gooey read for me and The Littles at storytime.ĬJ is a kid mired with questions when his Nana takes him on their weekly bus trip in the rain. Matt De la Peas book is an important one because its one of the few to use an urban. In fact, some people never are able to wrap their minds around the concept fully. If you've ever been a parent, or a teacher, or a coach, or just a regular old human being in contact with other regular old human beings, you know that gratitude is one of the hardest virtues to learn, and maybe harder still to teach.
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