Multicultural

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match / Marisol McDonald no combina

Written by: Monica Brown
Illustrated by: Sara Palacios
Lee & Low Books 2011.
32 pages
Multicultural Book

Multicultural books help students from other countries or different nationalities be interested in reading. They can really relate to the story. This book is written in language and Spanish all in the same book. This is great for students learning English. You can have them read with a fluent reader that way they can hear our language. This story is about a biracial little girl that is perfectly normal but everyone else thinks she doesn’t match. She speaks English, Spanish, and sometimes even both together! She begins to think she needs to be normal like the other kids and match. Will she ever figure out who she is supposed to be? I’ll give you a hint and say polka dots and stripes match for Marisol.

This book has very nice illustrations. They are attractive to eye and really draw you in. The illustrations are a mix between bright and light pastel watercolors. You can really see the details on each page. You can see defined facial expressions as well when her mood changes.

I think you can use this in social studies, writing, and art. Social studies would be a great area to research your lineage. Each student will ask a parent what their lineage is and then in class we will research that culture. From the research we found we will draw a picture wearing traditional clothes from our lineage. This will show the students how different each culture dresses. We will sum up this unit by writing about the research we found. Writing about the culture you connect with. At the end of this unit it would be a great idea to ask the students to dress up in clothes like their picture and present their culture to the class. This will help students learn about their classmates.