Alone on his lot, a sturdy little House has stood for as long as anyone can remember, stoically weathering the storms.
CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text\'s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.1.4 Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.
ELA-LITERACY.
RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
But not everything that\'s new is bad, as the little farmHouse learns in this timely and hopeful picture book about embracing the changes in life we can\'t control.
With great wit and an eye-popping use of cardboard, paint and fabric, multimedia artist Claudine Crangle explores our fear of difference through the viewpoint of a small country House beset by urbanization.
Together, they look forward to seeing what the wind will blow in next.
Throwing open his shutters, he finds himself surrounded by a diverse neighborhood of homes.
Just like his.
And when he peeks open a shutter, he sees the House Next Door glowing with a golden light.
But in the dark, the House notices he is no longer pushed by the snowdrifts or battered by spring storms.
The House closes his shutters to wait out this alarming development.
Then a road is paved through his field, and more and more houses appear all around.
One house, then another, is built off in the distance.
But one day, the wind brings change.
Alone on his lot, a sturdy little House has stood for as long as anyone can remember, stoically weathering the storms
