Pinkney, J. (1999). The Little Match Girl. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
Brief Annotation: This story is sad and happy. A little girl goes out to sell fake flowers and matches on a very cold New Year’s Eve. She lights a match to keep warm and sees beautiful visions of stoves, feasts, Christmas trees, and even a vision of the only person who was ever kind to her, her grandmother. By morning the little girl is dead, but she died with a vision of her grandmother taking her to heaven.
Genre: Fiction; Picture book
Grade Level: 1-4
Readers who will like this: Children who like picture books, a child who just lost a loved one.
Response/Rating (1-4): 2; I thought the illustrations were beautiful and it was well written, but I don’t think I would want to read this story aloud. I feel like it’s a really sad topic.
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Do you know anyone who has died?
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