Tag Archives: 6-8

Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education

Title: Malala: Activist for Girls’ Education Author(s): Raphaele Frier Illustrator/Photographer: Aurelia Fronty Publisher and Year: Charlesbridge, 2017 Number of pages: 35 Tags: Diversity, Family, Culture, Emotion, 6-8, Picture Book, Morgan Houk Genre: Non-Fiction Analysis: The plot of this book tells … Continue reading

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Freedom Over Me

Title: Freedom Over Me Author(s): Ashley Bryan Illustrator/Photographer: Ashley Bryan Publisher and Year: Simon & Schuster, 2016 Number of pages: 46 Tags: Culture, Family, Emotion, 4-5, 6-8, Picture Book, Morgan Houk, Award Book Genre: Historical Fiction Analysis:                 This book … Continue reading

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Thank You, Mr. Falker

  Title: “Thank You, Mr. Falker”   Author & Illustrator: Patricia Polacco   Publisher and Year:  Philomel Books 1998   Number of Pages: 40   Tags: Disabilities, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, Non-Fiction, Stephanie Rudi   Genres: Non-Fiction   Analysis: “Thank You, … Continue reading

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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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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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