Armando and the Blue Tarp School by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, and Hernan Sosa, ill. New York, NY: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-1-58430-278-0

Annotation: Armando is a composite of children working as trash pickers at dumps. This story chronicles his passion for learning and art that got the tarp school made into a building.

Media: Masking fluid, watercolor, and ink.

Rating: 5Q/4P.

Curricular connections: History/Social Studies, English/Language Arts.

School level: Upper elementary.

NP 07/17/09

Armando and the Blue Tarp School by Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson; Hernán, ill. New York: Lee & Low Books Inc., 2007. ISBN: 978-1-58430-278-0

Armando grew up near the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico, helping his papa pick through trash.  When Señor David arrived and began teaching the children at his makeshift school, Armando’s life was changed forever.

Media: masking fluid, watercolor, and ink

Rating: 4Q/1P

Literary device utilized: onomatopoeia

Example: “buh-beep!” (to represent the sound of a truck horn)

Curricular connection: Social Studies, upper elementary school level

submitted July 2009 by Josh Mitchell  

 Armando and the blue tarp school by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson and Hernan Sosa, ill. New York: Lee and Low Books Inc, 2007.

            ISBN: 9781584302780

            Annotation: Story about David Lynch who went to Tijuana Mexico and started teaching children that lived in a dump. Armando is a fictitious character in which all of Señor David’s students are portrayed.

            Media: Masking fluid, watercolor and ink

            Rating: 5Q/5P

            Theme: The theme in this book is education. Armando wanted to learn but he had to help his father at work until his father realized that if Armando was educated he could get a better job.

Armando Rivera 7-05-09