Milly And The Macy’s Parade book review by Tess

Title of the Book: Milly And The Macy’s Parade 

Author Name: Shana Corey, Brett Helquist 

Reviewer's Name: Tess 

Publisher: Scholastic Inc. 

 Date of Publication: 2002 

 Rating: 1-5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

This is a great book because it has elements of encouragement that the little girl by the name of Milly had. Milly, was a little girl who immigrated to America from Poland and has now grown and she’s watching people look at the windows of stores during celebration feeling homesick. Which felt relatable to her. She wanted to make a change to help those people feel like they are at home because she knew how bad that feeling might actually be and therefore she went to the one person that would help her ( no more spoilers to the story). 

I really enjoyed this story, I personally related to it as my parents were immigrants and they told me how bad it felt when they got here as they couldn’t make many connections with the environment right away. I definitely recommend this book, whether for children or adults it’s great! First of all, it is a picture book so little kids can easily follow along with it, but besides that, it provides an ideology of courage and acceptance of cultural diversity to help add it in a place. Not even that, it also presented how hard work can pay off which is a theme that's presented throughout the book when Milly is trying to make a celebration for those who are not from the country and help them. 

This is a book that teaches hard work, and collaboration and emphasizes the love for others; which is really cute and lovely in my opinion. It also teaches to reflect on one’s self and how they can impact others and it shows great thinking and problem-solving skills. Besides it all it leaves an impact of a sense of change in the reader in which they would like especially if they can relate to it. Lovely book, I would recommend it, especially to kids!