A Rock for Mom / My Sister Makes Art With Stones

Fiction and nonfiction pairs provide opportunities for students to analyze and compare different perspectives. This pairing supports thinking across texts by illustrating how different authors treat the same topic. Excitingly, this pairing contrasts craft and structure of fiction with craft and structure of informational texts. The fiction book, A Rock for Mom, promotes mindful reading with a focus on understanding perspective. In the non-fiction book, My Sister Makes Art with Stones, early scientific literacy is promoted by laying the foundation for deeper understanding across the physical sciences. Spark discussion with your readers about this well paired theme set.