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K-Gr 3—This first-person narrative portrays a day in the life of a loving family in a seaside mining town. As the tale begins, Schwartz lays the foundation for a comparison of the boy's daily routines, illuminated by sunshine, with the father's world underground. The rhythm is established and continued at logical junctures with the protagonist's introductory words: "It goes like this…" He then describes what he notices when he awakens, swings with his friend, eats a bologna sandwich, and visits the grave of his grandfather—also a miner. As the boy gazes at t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

"From my house, I can see the sea. It goes like this -- house, road, grassy cliff, sea. And town spreads out, this way and that." There's a distilled, haiku-like quality to this boy's description of an ordinary summer day in a seaside coal mining town in the 1950s. As the boy moves through his day -- swinging on the beat-up playground swing set, eating a baloney sandwich, visiting his grandfather's grave, listening to the radio, watching the sun ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More