OK GO!

OK GO!

Carin Berger

This was a picture book that showed pictures of Recycled materials to drive a point home.  “In a world of GO! GO! GO! GO! GO!  It’s time to STOP! And find a new way.” 

The dedication in the book states  “……….and to all of those who work to make it a better, fairer, and more hopeful place. ….”     The author has used these recycled materials to create collages showing car travel, and greener options by walking or riding bikes.  It is almost wordless, but the pictures are so incredible. 

Kerri Wenger handed me this book for my unit, and I wasn’t crazy about it at first.  But I read it and reread it and a third time.  I read every little caption and summary…the book ends the text within the pictures, the dedications and the fine print.  I can appreciate where the author Carin Berger was going with this book and the impact it had on my students. This was a book I left back on our table after we read it, so that they could take the time with the pictures and gather their own appreciation for it as well!