Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! Science Fiction Celebrating all that makes us

Celebrating all that makes us unique and different

But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother

and he challenges educators to embrace and respect each student’s culture and to reimagine the classroom as a site where roles are reversed and students become the experts in their own learning

The rollicking companion to Brown Bear

There are also themes of family

Take a Picture of Me, James Van Der Zee! Science Fiction Celebrating all that makes usJames Van Der Zee was just a young boy when he saved enough money to buy his first camera. He took photos of his family, classmates, and anyone who would sit still for a portrait. By the fifth grade, James was the school photographer and unofficial town photographer. Eventually he outgrew his small town and moved to the exciting, fast paced world of New York City. After being told by his boss that no one would want his or her photo taken by a black