365 Days Of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book Of Precepts

365 Days Of Wonder: Mr. Browne’s Book Of Precepts by R. J. Palacio      432 pages

This is a book inspired by the book, Wonder, by this author.  The book is really a list of precepts, supposedly collected by Mr. Browne from his fifth grade students over a period of years.  He chose 365 of them, one for each day of the year, and used those to create a book.  At the end of each month he has a couple of pages where he tells a story about some of his teaching experiences and his students.  Some of these stories are about the characters in Wonder, but some are not.  The book is really intended to be read one day at a time, for a year, I think, and to reflect on the precept for that day.  Some of the precepts are quoted from famous people and some are ones that the kids made up themselves.  Overall it’s an interesting book and kids who read Wonder will probably like it, as will kids who like inspirational stories, like the Chicken Soup For The Soul series.