Traditional literature blog

Title: Ming Lo Moves The Mountain 

Author: Arnold Lobel

Illustrator: Arnold Lobel

Age group: 4-8 y/o

Awards: California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Primary (1987)

Genre: Traditional literature

Summary

 The traditional literature book Ming Lo Moves The Mountain by Arnold Lobel, is about a couple who live at the bottom of a mountain. The mountain dropped rocks on their house and made holes on the roof, which then caused the rooms to be damp and drippy when it rained. Therefore, he sought this wise man that his wife told him about to ask him how to move the mountain. The wise man told him to do many things which did not seem to work. Every time, Ming Lo had to go back to the wise man, until the wise man told him to take everything he owned as well as his house and do a dance. The dance somehow made the mountain the move, but in reality all they did was walk backwards for hours until they were away from the mountain. 

Evaluation

I do not think that I would use this book in class, because I personally do not think that it can teach anything to students. The appropriate grade level for this book would be third grade. I might use the book just to do a read aloud for the students. I could also use it to show students that it is not always wise to listen to what other's say. The book could also be used in the classroom to teach that as humans we cannot perform miracles.