Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for Yo! Yes?

Use Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Yo! Yes? tells the story of two young boys, each very different. Through their one and two-word exchanges, they consider spending time together despite their obvious differences. An offer of friendship is solidified in the end as both boys jump into the air and shout Yow!" Beginning readers will enjoy connecting with the text and using the pictures to make inferences about the two boys."

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Title: Yo! Yes?
Author: Chris Raschka
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Themes: Award Winners, Friendship
ISBN: 9780439921855
Publisher's Summary:
An effective, unusual 34-word story of the beginnings of a friendship, accompanied by wild and wonderful illustrations. Against pastel backgrounds, in vibrant, colorful images, an African-American boy and a white boy meet on the street. Their] one- and two-word exchanges on each spread lead to a tentative offer of friendship, sealed as both boys jump high in the air and yell Yow " With a beautifully balanced, economical style, the book illumines the peaks and pitfalls of getting acquainted, and puts in a good word for brotherhood as well." --School Library Journal, starred review;Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A BALL FOR DAISY and THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. He is also the illustrator of YO YES? (which won a Caldecott Honor), SOURPUSS AND SWEETIE PIE, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP, and FARMY FARM. He lives with his wife and son in New York City
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