Book Summary
Gianna is having a bad day. She lost one of her favorite pens in the whole world. Now, what is she going to do?!
Follow along as Gianna, and her Mami, find the perfect way to find something you've lost, a looking list! Gianna has doubts at first but she's happy to learn; with just a few steps, and a little patience, she can have something she loves again.
Reviews
Keegan Lopez
Student
I love this book. The pictures are so good.
Edward Collins
Chicago Principal
On what was supposed to be a routine day at home, Gianna realizes she's lost an item of high value and importance. As you turn the pages of 'The Looking List,' you read how Mami teaches Gianna a strategy for retracing her steps, staying organized, and keeping calm. A core disposition of any executive functioning skill we teach in school is for children to remain focused despite distractions. This is exactly what Mami does as she helps her daughter put pen-to-paper and create a looking list. Each page captivates and engages readers as Gianna searches for her prized possession. The author and illustrator duo magnificently use imagery within the storyline so emerging readers associate the beautiful drawings as context clues. While teaching Gianna a highly relatable lifelong skill, mother and daughter cement their already deep connection in the search for the famously favored pen.
Yaniris Quiñones
Mom, Nanny, future Teacher
This is such a relatable book! I see myself in the moms character as she tries to help her daughter navigate problem-solving; this is something I would do with my own daughter and nanny kids. The book would be perfect in a classroom writing center as another way for the children to practice their writing, plus teaching the importance of list making and how useful they are!
Victoria
Mental Health Professional
This children's book is so creative! Such a cute, lovely way to get at a really cool skill kiddos can benefit from! The language and graphics are phenomenal as well!
I see children and parents benefiting greatly from having this book on hand, specifically parents of kiddos with diagnosed ADD/ADHD. It could be a great help for parents who are teaching reminder skills. List's are such a big component of what a child might learn from therapists or teachers growing up, and while many times it's in teenage and young adult years when this is incorporated, this is such a perfect way to start younger with kids on this skill. It definitely should be part of therapist offices "children's book collection" as well! Highly recommend!