SuitabookSay "Cheese"!
Jennifer Bailey DeJong
- Reading
- Read it together and pause before the final pages to imagine JoJo’s words. Afterwards, compare ways of asking for a photograph that respect both people’s wishes.
- Themes
- Being heard within family routines: JoJo’s mother wants him to say “cheese” for photographs, while JoJo has something else to say. The setup clearly places a child’s own response alongside a parent’s expectation, but the book’s judgement of either position is unknown.
- Worth knowing
- The central tension is a parent wanting a posed photograph while the child wants to express something else. The book’s treatment of consent, humour or resolution is unclear.