
Title
Being Agatha
Author
Pignataro, Anna
Illustrator
Pignataro, Anna
Publisher
Five Mile Press
Published Date
2015
Annotation
In this simple picture book allegory about being different, Agatha enters kindergarten where all resemble various animals. Agatha resembles both bear and pig as these are part of her family traits. Miss Tibble, their teacher, tells the children that like a snowflake, everyone is special in their own way. Then she asks each child to tell her how they might be special. Agatha hides away as she cannot think how she might be special. One child suggests, ‘You are the best at being Agatha. No one else is a better Agatha than you!’
Key Concepts
Cross cultural relations, Respect, Tolerance
Audience
Early childhood
AC Links/EYLF
English, EYLF Outcome 1, EYLF Outcome 2, EYLF Outcome 3, EYLF Outcome 4, EYLF Outcome 5, ACELA1426, ACELT1575, ACELT1783, ACELA1443, ACELA1453, ACELT1582, ACELT1584, ACELA1460, ACELA1462, ACELT1587, ACELT1589, ACELT1591, ACELT1593