Little Bill #12: The Day I Saw My Father Cry (level 3) Summary and Reviews

Little Bill #12: The Day I Saw My Father Cry (level 3)
by Bill Cosby

Little Bill #12: The Day I Saw My Father Cry (level 3)
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Author: Bill Cosby
Illustrator: Varnette P. Honeywood
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN: 0590521993
Number of pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Cartwheel

Book Reviews of Little Bill #12: The Day I Saw My Father Cry (level 3)

Book Review: Cosby's Little Bill learns about how to solve problems
Summary: 5 Stars

"The Day I Saw My Father Cry" tells of the very sad day when Little Bill and his father lost a special friend but that is not really what this book for beginning readers is about. The important lesson here is what that special friend, Alan Mills, always did to stop people from having an argument (telling you would take away the fun of finding out for yourself, because it is so simple that you stop and think, well, yes, that would work). But while the death of Alan Mills makes a nice point about the difference between a "heart" and a "Heart," it does not make his lesson any more valid. In fact, after Little Bill learns the lesson in the first chapter and sees Alan Mills do it in the second, I think he would have used it in the final chapter even if he did not see his father cry in the third chapter. Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., the Harvard Medical School Clinical Professor of Psychiatry who was an advisor on "The Cosby Show" addresses parents at the front of the book, says outright that this book is about dealing with the sudden death of a family friend, but it really is about much more than that.

It is not just that Bill Cosby's "Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers" teach lessons, but that they teach them so well. It is not Alan's death but rather his wisdom that young readers are going to get out of this book. I was well aware that Cosby earned a doctorate in education from the University of Massachusetts but it is also clear that his skills as a standup comedian, especially in terms of telling stories, serves him well in these endeavors as well. "The Day I Saw My Father Cry" provides a nice lesson in solving problems fairly and creatively that young children will easily understand. More importantly, they will recognize that Alan Mill's idea will work and that life will be a lot nicer when it does. The book is illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood, who provides a distinctive style that young readers will come to identify with this series as much as Cosby's gentle humor and wisdom.

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