The day we met you

Title: The day we met you

Author: Phoebe Koehler

Illustrator: Phoebe Koehler

Media: Pastel cravon

Genre: Realistic Non-fiction

Theme:

Adoptive parents narrate the loving preparations made for the day they took their child home
Summary: It is about the preparations made when the parents are going to be adoptive parents to a child. The book explains what they did and get for the adoptive child.


Literary Elements:

Setting-

The setting is in the house and on the sidewalk. The setting focuses inside the house such as parents are preparing to meet their first adoptive child.

Characterization-

The book has no main characters in it. It was very flat. There is no “I” or “ a person’s name” only “We” and “You.” This book could teach children that some book doesn’t need any characterization. Mostly books has main characters in it and to make sure their readers know who is important and whatnot. i

Plot-

The Plot is very dull and dry because it is talking about the common feelings of parents when they first met their children. It has no exposition, rising action climax, falling action, or Denouement. The plot could have been better if the parents explain how they decided on adopting a child because they couldn’t make any babies. For instance, the mother finds out that she couldn’t make a baby, that is considered a rising action to me.

Style-

The text is simple but speaks directly to the heart. The parents narrate all the concrete steps they took the day they receive the call to pick up their new baby. The crayon illustrations convey a beautiful sense of warmth and love. Both children and adults will find themselves drawn to the purity of expression in both writing and illustrations.

Reflection/Evaluation-

The Book is an inspiration to any adoptive people. I think it is a good book for people who got adopted. The book wants to let adoptive people know that they love you as much as they love each other. I personally would not recommend my students to read the book for their entertainment because the book has no point of view from each side. The book talks about general ideas of how the parents feel when they meet their first adoptive child/ren.