Teaching empathy is something we school counselors do oh so well and what better way to model and show empathy to our students than through books. Author Maria Dismondy's newest book Chocolate Milk, Por Favor is a fantastic book to use to show empathy AND teaches accepting others through diversity.
What I really like about this book is that this story is very relatable because it's Maria own story of a new student (Gabe) at her school who's an non-English speaker from another country and how another student (Johnny) goes out of his way to be unkind to him. Throughout the students differences Johnny learns that those differences make people special or unique. He learns that these special differences don't mean that you can't be kind and learn from others that may be different (and in this case, speak a different language than you). This same story happens in many of our school buildings with (initial) non-English speaking students. I can see this being shared with many of the classes and teachers in my school. This is a great addition to my school counselor book library.
As an added bonus super fantastic Maria already has Chocolate Milk, Por Favor Reader's Guide with worksheets and ideas to use with students (thank you Maria). Maria has been so kind to give an autographed copy of the book away. Enter below. This is a win-win situation...book and activities, what more can I say!
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