I could use this book as part of a literacy lesson by creating a discussion with my class about things that they like to do with their friends. My only complaint about the book is that the colors are mostly in earth tones.
*This book is also available in Spanish "Mateo Y Mati." Mateo is a direct translation of Matthew but I guess since the name Tilly isn't popular in Spanish, they call Tilly, Mati, in the Spanish version of the book. But after they missed each other, they became friends again. They had a big argument & didn't play together for a while. The book says Matthew & Tilly "got sick of each other." One day Matthew broke Tilly's purple crayon by accident. They do "everything" together: ride bikes, they rescued a cat out of a tree together, eat ice-cream cones together, etc. Matthew & Tilly look like they are about 10 years old. In other words, their friendship is made to look very natural. I gave this book 5 stars because even though the 2 main characters are different races, that is never mentioned in the book because that's not the point of the story. This gives evidence to the fact that sometimes friends argue and say ugly things, however they should still come back together and work on their friendship. This book will be used with friendship and diversity because of its vocabulary choice. Instead of the angry words chosen in the book, have the students rewrite a new solution to Matthew and Tilly’s dispute. The vocabulary in the text is a great opportunity to focused and discussed on “not nice” words with students. She gives great verbal presentation of how friends use their words when angry and also to solve problems. Although Jones’s recent work is non-fiction, her past work, as well as Matthew and Tilly, were based off her experiences or the experiences of people she knew. The story line by Jones expresses the issues that friends go through in the busy city. The friends come back together and apologize for their words. Offended Tilly and Matthew exchange their negative feelings using words and storm off in anguish to discover that playing alone is not fun. One day while coloring Matthew accidently broke Tilly’s crayon. They colored together and chew gum together. This picture book is about two friends from the city Matthew and Tilly who spent all-day and everyday together.
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