Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall is one of the March Madness selections in the picture book bracket. In the story, Jabari is afraid to jump off the (very) high diving board, and after some encouragement from his father and some deep breaths, he goes through with his dive. It was a great example of a character facing his fears! After reading it, I challenged students to construct their own high diving board out of legos, Lincoln Logs, popsicle sticks, or K'nex. They were up for the task and did a spectacular job!
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