Last Stop on Market Street
Author: Matt De La Peña
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Awards: Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King Honor, Newbery Award
Grade Level: K-2nd
CJ and his grandma leave their Church and they get on the bus. CJ is asking a lot of questions about why they have to take the bus and why he does not have other things that everyone has. Throughout the whole book he seems to be not content with what he has. His grandma keeps trying to get CJ to see the beauty in everything. Last Stop on Market Street ends with CJ and his grandma arriving at the soup kitchen to volunteer.
I would use this book to teach about diversity and finding beauty all around us. Last Stop on Market Street can also be used as a writing prompt for older students.
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