Title: We’re All Wonders
Author: R.J. Palacio
Illustrator: R.J. Palacio
Publisher and Year: Alfred A. Knopf 2012
Number of Pages: 31
Tags/Theme: Adventure, Fiction, K-5, Joe Marras
Descriptive Annotation: This story is about a young boy named Auggie and he doesn’t look the same as most kids. Auggie only has one eye and calls himself a wonder. Although he doesn’t only call himself a wonder, he says everyone is a wonder. He wants everyone to know that even though he doesn’t like everyone else, he does all of the things they do.
Classroom Application: This can be used to show students that everyone should be accepted in the classroom no matter who they are or how they look. It is important to give everyone a shot and to respect everyone in the class and in the world.
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Analysis: This book is a easy read. The sentences are short and each page has a few sentences. Auggie just wants to show everyone that he is just like them, “Sure, I do ordinary things. I ride a bike. I eat ice cream. I play ball.” Auggie is showing that he does any ordinary thing that kids his age do like riding his bike and playing ball. He just wants to show that he and everyone else is a wonder in their own way. He just wants people to accept him, “… people can change they way they see. If they do, they’ll see that I’m a wonder.” He justs wants to show that he is a wonder and that he is just like everyone else.
