Coral Jones

My Brother, The Skyscraper Coral Jones

My Brother, The Skyscraper! is a children's book that explores the relationship of two brothers. A younger brother shares his admiration for his older brother while conversing with his classmate Luis. This book incorporates the use of landmarks, measurement concepts, figurative language, organizational patterns such as compare and contrast, text features, and a conversation or dialogue between two classmates. You will receive historical facts throughout their conversation. This book will intrigue all age groups. Parents, Grandparents, Sisters, Brothers, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Educators can share in the history of our world and make Personal Connections. (Personal Connections: Text to Text, Text to Personal Experience, and Text to Media).




Interactive Guide/ Materials for Educators Extension Lessons: explicit and implicit, characterization, imagery, text features (Helps you to anchor or root your thinking.....use image of anchors or roots), Mind Reading: Understanding Characters, Theme, Context Clues, Character Actions




Synopsis- My Brother, The Skyscraper! It is a story of a young man and his love for his big brother. Cordaee looks up to his big brother, Lyniell, who he admires because he is tall, intelligent, and most importantly, it is his brother. Throughout the story, Cordaee engages with his classmate Luis at the FranThel Public Library. They converse about Cordaee brother, Lyniell, and his height and reference skyscrapers they discussed in class. While at the library, Luis interrogates Cordaee to understand why Cordaee applauds his brother.

Coral Jones- author David Boyce-illustrator



I did not include additional history because I did not want to distract from the inspiration of the skyscrapers

Interactive Guide/ Materials for Educators Extension Lessons: explicit and implicit, characterization, imagery, text features (Helps you to anchor or root your thinking.....use image of anchors or roots), Mind Reading: Understanding Characters, Theme, Context Clues, Character Actions