Tag Archives: Diversity

Visiting Day

Title: Visiting Day Author(s): Jacqueline Woodson Illustrator/Photographer: James E. Ransome Publisher and Year: Scholastic Press2002 Number of pages: 32 Genre: Fiction, Family, Diversity Analysis: 1)    Summary: The story is about a young African American girl that lives with her grandmother … Continue reading

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Oh, Brother!

  Title: Oh, Brother! Author(s): Nikki Grimes Illustrator/Photographer: Mike Benny Publisher and Year: Greenwillow Books 2007 Number of pages: 32 Genre: Fiction, Family 1)    Summary: Xavier’s mom marries Chris’s stepdad, Xavier does not like Chris because he acts like a … Continue reading

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Bad News for Outlaws: The remarkable life of Bass Reveves.

Title: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal Author(s): Vaunda Micheaux Illustrator/Photographer: R. Christie Publisher and Year: Carolrhoda Books 2009 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Adventure, Non-Fiction Analysis: 1)    Summary: The reading went … Continue reading

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Fly Free!

Title: Fly Free! Author(s): Roseanne Thong Illustrator/Photographer: Enjin Kim Neilan Publisher and Year: Boyds Mills Press, 2010 Number of Pages: 30 Genre: Fiction Analysis: Fly Free! is the story of a little Vietnamese girl named Mai. Mai loves to feed … Continue reading

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One Family

  Author: George Shannon Illustrator: Blanca Gomez Publisher: Frances Foster Books, 2015 Length: 24 pages Genre: Realistic fiction Analysis: One Family is a book which, at first, seems like a simple counting book. But it is so much more than … Continue reading

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Halmoni and the Picnic

Author: Sook Nyul Choi Illustrator: Karen M. Dugan Length: 26 pages Genre: Realistic fiction Analysis: Halmoni and the Picnic is a touching book about Yunmi and her grandmother Halmoni, who immigrated from Korea. Yunmi’s class was having a field trip … Continue reading

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Girls Hold Up This World

Author: Jada Pinkett Smith Photos by: Donyell Kennedy-McCullough Publisher: Scholastic, Cartwheel Books, 2005 Length: 30 Genre: Non-fiction Analysis: Girls Hold up this World is a beautiful book which uses poetry to convey the message that girls are strong, capable, and … Continue reading

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And Tango Makes Three

Title: And Tango Makes Three Author: Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Illustrator: Henry Cole Publisher: Simon & Schuster Year: 2005 Number of Pages: 32 Tags: Animals, Award Book, Diversity, Family, Friendship, Non-fiction, Picture Book, K-1, 2-3, Taylor Krueger Genre: Non-fiction … Continue reading

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Last Stop on Market Street

Last Stop on Market Street Written by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson Putnam’s Sons, 2015 28 pages, Realistic Fiction Last Stop on Market Street follows a young boy named CJ and his grandmother as they take … Continue reading

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A Bad Case of Stripes

Title: A Bad Case of Stripes Author: David Shannon Illustrator/Photographer: David Shannon Publisher: Blue Sky Press (Scholastic Press)  Year: 1998 Number of Pages: 32 Tags: Picture Book, Fiction, Diversity, K-5, Taylor Krueger Genre: Children’s Literature Analysis: This book shows the … Continue reading

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