Dinner at Aunt Connie's House

After reading this book it has become one of my new favorite books. I really enjoyed the pictures and the way that they were painted. Im not really sure what it was about the pictures that I liked so much but they just seemed real appealing to my eyes. I also loved this book because it discussed African American women who have made a contribution to the world in some way. I have not run across any other books like this one so I thought that it was very interesting. Some of the women discussed were even new to me, so I thought that students would like this book because it gives some variety on the people who are studied instead of the same ones who are always in books. I also thought that this book had a hidden message from Faith Ringgold. Since she is an illustrator first, I found it very funny that she would use paintings and give personify them. I thought that this was her way of showing students that anything can have a lot to say even if it cannot verbally speak. I thought that this was very creative.