“Teacher!” by Patricia Hubbell

I picked this book because of the title. I liked that this was a book about what teachers do and how they help their students in the classroom. I enjoyed reading it because it described the things that most children probably recognize about teachers: tying shoelaces, printing names, joining show-and-tell, counting money, and singing songs. A big thing this book helped me realize is that it’s the small things that teachers do that students really notice and appreciate. In the future they aren’t going to remember what teachers read well from textbooks as well as those who played with them on the playground and taught them to work together. As important as the curriculum is, I think that the most important part of teaching is connecting with each student individually. The reading level of this book is probably for Kindergarten or first grade. I think it would be a good book for parents to read to their children before they start Kindergarten. It would probably help answer some of their questions about what teachers do and how their school day is going to go.