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MY DAY WITH THE PANYE

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19 March 2021 MY DAY WITH THE PANYE by Tami Charles and Sara Palacios, ill, Candlewick, March 2021, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-9749-5

 

“Hold your head up, oh

Hold your head up, oh

Hold your head up, oh

Hold your head high”

-- Argent (1972)

 

“Look!

Ten 

apples

up 

on 

top!

We are not

going to let them drop!”

-- Dr. Seuss (1961)

 

“Balance is the ability to hold your body upright and steady without falling down! This could be sitting or standing, moving or standing still, with eyes open or closed. Balance is a significant component of child development and relies heavily on the vestibular system. Children must learn to balance before they can progress to higher level gross motor skills like stair negotiation, hopping, galloping or skipping.”

-- theinspiredtreehouse.com

 

“More than anything--more than I want to wear the finest silk in Haiti-- I want to carry the basket like Manman does.

‘May I try?’

‘Slowly,’ Manman says.

My toes start to prickle.

I dash for the door.

BOOM!

The panye falls and crashes to the floor.”

 

Children engaging in music and movement while balancing bean bags on their heads is a fun and valuable developmental activity. 

 

The panye is a woven basket employed for carrying produce. MY DAY WITH THE PANYE is a delightful picture book, set in Haiti. As a circle time read aloud, it will be a perfect prelude to balancing activities, especially trying to balance objects on heads. 

 

Fallon is a young girl longing to be like her mom and the other women, to engage in productive, grown-up behavior. She goes to the market with her mom and wants to try balancing the panye. Her mother encourages patience, passing on a wise saying that she had been taught as a child: 

 

“‘Pitit, pitit, zwazo fe nich li.’ Little by little the bird builds its nest. Not everything is learned fast.”

 

The colorful gouache illustrations depict the lively prints of the Hatian attire, the flora of the Caribbean island republic, and the market as a community social scene.

 

MY DAY WITH THE PANYE is a story that is rich in confidence-building philosophy. It concludes with Fallon becoming proficient at balancing the panye, bringing smiles all around. Including one on my face. Don’t miss it!

 

Richie Partington, MLIS

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