The Twins Who Share, by Taneesha Crooks

Specifics
The Twins Who Share, by Taneesha Crooks, Illustrated by Justin Dial
Published by Infinity Insurance 2014

Target Audience
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This book is definitely for younger students, the storyline is fairly simple. kindergarten to second grade.

Summary
This book is about a brother and sister, who are twins. They share everything with each other, and have the same friends. One day, Ricky randomly decides that he does not want to share his toys anymore. He spends all his time trying to keep his things away from his sister, that he has no fun actually playing with the toys. He realizes that sharing his things leads to a lot more fun for everyone. The story is told in English on the top of the page, and in Spanish below.

Evaluation
This book is a great story to use for teaching students about sharing, and why it is important. The story is very realistic, because children can easily decide that they want to keep everything to themselves, and not share at all. We saw Ricky growing in this story when he realized that sharing his toys is the best thing for everyone. The only weird thing about this book was, again, the fact that most of the characters were human, but there was one character that was just randomly a lion. A lot of the read conmigo books, I have found, have the same illustrator, and he uses the same characters for each book, so they almost all contain animals and humans as characters.

Lesson
The lesson for this book will be about twins, and how they have the same birthday. It will also be pointed out that if the twins are a boy and a girl, it is the same as being brother and sister, but if they are both girls or both boys, it is possible for them to look exactly like one another. The author's use of allusion, with Ricky wanting his toys, will be discussed. The author's use of metaphors will be pointed out, and the author's use of personification of his characters will be discussed and analyzed.