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Tag Archives: 4-5
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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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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Let’s Talk About Race
Author: Julius Lester Illustrator: Karen Barbour Publisher and Year: Amistad Pres, 2005 Number of pages: 32 Tags: 4-5, Fiction, Diversity, Culture, Amy Sanchez Analysis: This book explores the idea that we are all the same under our skin. The author … 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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The Island
Title: The Island Author(s): Armin Greder Illustrator/Photographer: Armin Greder Number of Pages: 32 Publisher and Year: Allen & Unwin, 2007 Genre: Fiction Analysis: In The Island, an unknown man appears on an island, shocking the natives of the land. The … Continue reading
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Those Shoes
Title: Those Shoes Author(s): Maribeth Boelts Illustrator/Photographer: Noah Z. Jones Number of Pages: 35 Publisher and Year: Candlewick Press, 2007 Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis: In Those Shoes, Jeremy wants a new pair of shoes, the ones that everyone is raving … Continue reading
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Ron’s Big Mission
Author: Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden Illustrator: Don Tate Publisher and Year: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2009 Number of pages: 32 Tags: Analysis: This book’s setting takes place in South Caroline in the 1959. The main character … Continue reading
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Playing from the Heart
Title: Playing from the Heart Author(s): Peter H. Reynolds Illustrator/Photographer: Peter H. Reynolds Number of Pages: 32 Publisher and Year: Candlewick Press, 2016 Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis: Playing from the Heart is the story of a boy named Raj and … Continue reading
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A Call for a New Alphabet
Title: A Call for a New Alphabet Author(s): Jef Czekaj Illustrator/Photographer: Jef Czekaj Publisher and Year: Charlesbridge, 2011 Number of Pages: 38 Genre: Fantasy, Fiction Analysis: In A Call for a New Alphabet, X is tired of being at the … Continue reading
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