Wong, Janet. "Apple Pie Fourth Of July." Harcourt, 2002.
Apple Pie Fourth of July, depicts how children that represent different cultures have to adapt to the ways of American life. The child in this book did not understand why her family chose to open the store on the Fourth of July, because of the holiday. I felt that this is a book that will help children that may be from other places besides America understand how their own culture can relate to their new lives here in America. America is a melting pot of different people all trying to make a home differently while trying to fit into a cookie cutter model of what they think America is. This book shows that they dont have to do that. It tells those people that there is no model to form too. They should live their lives in the way they want to and the world will conform to them.
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I really liked your comment about America being a melting pot and how we all try to fit into a cookie cutter figure of what we think America is. So true!! People do try to conform into other people's ideas and it shouldn't be that way! This is the main reason why I liked this book because it really gives children an idea of how alike or different cultures can be and that it's ok!!
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