Laxmi's Mooch is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Laxmi's Mooch" by Shelly Anand is a delightful children's book that celebrates self-acceptance and embracing one's uniqueness. The story follows a young Indian girl named Laxmi, who notices that she has a thick and long "mooch" (mustache) on her face. Initially, Laxmi feels self-conscious and tries various ways to get rid of her mooch, but nothing seems to work. However, with the help of her wise and supportive family, Laxmi learns to appreciate and love her mooch as a special part of her identity. The book explores themes of cultural diversity, body positivity, and the importance of self-love. With vibrant illustrations and a charming narrative, "Laxmi's Mooch" encourages children to embrace their unique features and celebrate their individuality.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Introduce students to quotation marks and provide examples from the book.
- Explain to students the various ways to use a comma.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
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- The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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