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A review by beths0103
Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan
3.0
I'm glad I read Betsy Bird's review after reading this book. I went back and did another read through and I never would have garnered that meaning on my own had it not been for Betsy's insights. I feel like I need an interpreter every time I read a Shaun Tan book, or at least someone who is more adept at reading symbolism than I am. His books completely perplex me, but I also have an intense desire to talk about them with someone to try to figure out all the weirdness.
Rules of Summer might be a good book to read with students on the first day/week of school to give them something deeper to reflect on than the typical "What I did on my summer vacation" assignment. Since the first line of the story is "This is what I learned last summer," that line coupled with the book's strangeness could be a catalyst for students to go beyond the typical "I went to Disney World and it was fun" response and turn it into something much more detailed and thought-provoking.
Read my entire review on my blog.
Rules of Summer might be a good book to read with students on the first day/week of school to give them something deeper to reflect on than the typical "What I did on my summer vacation" assignment. Since the first line of the story is "This is what I learned last summer," that line coupled with the book's strangeness could be a catalyst for students to go beyond the typical "I went to Disney World and it was fun" response and turn it into something much more detailed and thought-provoking.
Read my entire review on my blog.