Frances Foster Books, 2005
Peach Heaven is an adorable story about a young girl who lives in Korea. She stares at a picture she has cut out from a calendar of children picking peaches, rather than doing her homework assignment. When she steps away from her work, she realizes that it is raining so hard, that it is “raining peaches”. With the help of her friends and neighbors, she returns the many fallen peaches to the farmers.
I really enjoyed reading this story. It uses a circular plot, because at the end of the story, our little girl, Yangsook, knows exactly what to write about for her homework assignment (the one she was reluctant to start in the beginning).
This story allows for great discussion among students…why did Yangsook collect the peaches and bring them back to the farmers? Would you have done the same thing? After discussion about this, students could write about what they would have done if they were in her shoes.
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