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Author Archives: cford
Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Author and Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe Publisher and Year: Little, Brown and Company, 2016 Number of pages: 38 Genre: Biography This book is about Jean-Michel Basquiat, a famous artist from the 1980s, and how his life led him to art. From … Continue reading
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The Only Child
Author and Illustrator: Guojing Publisher and Year: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2015 Number of pages: 105 Genre: Fantasy This story is about a young only child who, after their parents leave for work for the day, decides to go on … Continue reading
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A Blind Guide to Stinkville
Author: Beth Vrabel Publisher and Year: Sky Pony Press, 2015 Number of pages: 246 Genre: Realistic Fiction This story is about a young girl named Alice, who has albinism and is legally blind. Her family moves to Sinkville, South Carolina … Continue reading
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Drummer Hoff
Author: Barbara Emberley Illustrator: Ed Emberley Publisher and Year: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1967 Number of pages: 28 Genre: Realistic Fiction This story is about a group of soldiers and officers working together to fire off a cannon during a war. Each … Continue reading
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Auntie Yang’s Great Soybean Picnic
Author: Ginnie Lo Illustrator: Beth Lo Publisher and Year: Lee & Low Books, Inc., 2012 Number of pages: 32 Genre: Realistic Fiction This book tells the story of a Chinese-American family having soybean picnics with their cousins, friends, and neighbors. … Continue reading
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Yoko Writes Her Name
Author and Illustrator: Rosemary Wells Publisher and Year: Hyperion Books for Children, 2008 Number of pages: 22 Genre: Fantasy The main character of this book, Yoko, is a Japanese-American cat, and she encounters a lot of racial prejudice from some … Continue reading
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This Land Is Your Land
Author/Lyricist: Woody Guthrie Illustrator: Kathy Jakobsen Publisher and Year: Little, Brown and Company, 1998 Number of pages: 32 Genre: Poetry This picture book is about the song “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie. In the story, the narrator … Continue reading
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Death Is Stupid
Author and Illustrator: Anastasia Higginbotham Publisher and Year: The Feminist Press, 2016 Number of Pages: 65 Genre: Realistic fiction This book is about a little boy whose grandmother has just died, and the narrator discusses with the boy the different … Continue reading
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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
Author and Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh Publisher and Year: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Biography This story is about desegregation in 1940s California, anti-Latinx racism, and how one one girl’s family decided to never give … Continue reading
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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History
Author and Illustrator: Lynne Cherry Publisher and Year: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992 Number of pages: 25 Genre: Informational Nonfiction This story is about the history of the Nashau River in Massachusetts and its pollution and eventual clean up by environmentalists. … Continue reading
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