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Title details for The Wall by Giancarlo Macri - Available

The Wall

A Timeless Tale

by Giancarlo Macri
Carolina Zanotti
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A king and his servant learn about the benefits of diversity and the damage that barriers can do in this colorful tale.
 
In this moving and valuable story, a king banishes anyone who looks different than him and builds a wall to keep them away. His kingdom was once flourishing with singers and sculptors, dancers and astronomers, and everyone in between. Now, most of the people are gone. Once he sees how lonely his side of the wall has become, he realizes where he went wrong and gains a new appreciation for his diverse and talented kingdom.
 
With a visually engaging style that makes a complex lesson simple, this story shows children how a community can be harmed when barriers are built and how it thrives when people come together.
 
“The Wall shows in brilliant color just how vibrant your life can be when you break down barriers and work toward inclusion, which is a wonderful message for readers of any age.” —Katherine Kleffner, blogger, The Nerdy Girl Express
 
“A clever ebb and flow of colors and shapes that will have young readers, as well as the king, quickly seeing the errors of exclusionary ways.”—Foreword Reviews
 
“The Wall: A Timeless Tale is a joyful celebration of diversity, bar none!” —Storywraps
 
“Macri and Zanotti . . . make it clear that shutting people out only weakens a kingdom, and they do it with laughter, not argument.” —Publishers Weekly
 
This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book

  • Creators

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 11, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781607657484

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 510
    • Text Difficulty: 1-2

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 22, 2019
      Told as a dialogue between a willful king and a tactful servant, this fable from an Italian team looks at what happens when a country shuts out people who don’t look like others. “How did so many different people end up in my kingdom?” the monarch complains, before ordering the servant to “banish everyone who doesn’t look like me.” Married illustrators Sacco and Vallarino populate their spreads with hundreds of small faces all crowded together. At first, they’re a rainbow of colors—a fine representation of diversity. The king and his servant, seen among the throng, are blue; after the ban, mostly blue faces remain on one side of the page, divided in some spreads from the colorful group by a pop-up wall. “Build a wall to make them stay out of my kingdom!” the king says. “Most Magnificent Majesty,” the servant counters, “you already sent the wall builders away.” Readers will see before the doltish king does that it takes a diverse populace to create the richness of edifices, art, and science the king desires. Macri and Zanotti (We Are All Dots) make it clear that shutting people out only weakens a kingdom, and they do it with laughter, not argument. Ages 7–9.

Formats

  • OverDrive Read

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:510
  • Text Difficulty:1-2

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