SuitabookAvi for president!
Ann D. Koffsky
- Reading
- Read together or let the child read independently, then pause to discuss what makes a campaign fair. Revisit the conversation after seeing how the story resolves the candidates' promise.
- Themes
- Competition and friendship: Avi expects to become class president, then his friend Yoni joins the race. Their teacher asks them not to say mean things about each other, and they promise. The setup puts friendly competition and respectful conduct in tension, but does not establish how the story judges the boys' choices or resolves their promise.
- Worth knowing
- The campaign brings rising excitement and the possibility of mean remarks between friends. The extent or impact of any such remarks is not clear.