Tag Archives: Family

This is the Dream

Author: Diane Z. Shore & Jessica Alexander Illustrator: James Ransome Published: Harper Collins 2009 Pages: 40 Tags: Jamal Jackson, Historical Fiction, Family, Culture, Diversity, Juvenile Fiction, k-5,Diane Z. Shore, Jessica Alexander, Award Winning Genre: Historical Fiction Analysis: The story is … Continue reading

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Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Jerome Lagarrigue Published: Puffin Books 2007 Pages: 32 Tags: Family, Culture, Realistic Fiction, historical Fiction, picture book, k-5, Race, Carole Boston Weatherford Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis: The story follows a brief time period in Connie’s childhood … Continue reading

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Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream For Me

Author: Daniel Beaty Illustrator: Bryan Collier Published: Little, Brown and Company 2013 Pages: 40 Tags: Award Books, Culture, Diversity, Family, Realistic Fiction, Fiction, Father, Emotion, 2-3, 4-5, Jamal Jackson, Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis: The story follows a young African American … Continue reading

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Mirror

Author: Jeannie Baker Illustrator/Photographer: Jeannie Baker Publisher and Year: Candlewick Press, 2010 Number of pages: 48 Tags: Culture, Family, Realistic Fiction, Jamal Jackson, k-5, Genre: Realisitic Fiction Analysis: Mirror is a wordless picture book that uses pictures to go through … Continue reading

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Ish

Author/Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds Publish: Candlewick Press 2004 Pages: 32 Tags: Fiction, Fine-Arts, 4-5, Jamal Jackson Genre: Fiction Analysis: The story is about Ramon, a boy that loves to draw anything at any time. Ramon is excited about his drawings … Continue reading

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I am Mixed

Author: Garcelle Beauvias, Sebastian A. Jones Illustrator: James C Webster Published: Stranger Kids September 2014 Pages: 52 Tags: Jamal Jackson, Realistic Fiction, k-5, Picture Book, Multicultural, Diversity, Family Genre: Fiction Analysis: This book is about Jay and Nia, who are … Continue reading

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Title: In our Mothers’ House   Author/Illustrator: Patricia Polacco   Publisher: Philomel Productions Limited (2009)   Pages: 44   Genre: Realistic fiction   The story follows the narrator’s childhood, the oldest of three adopted siblings. Her mothers Meema and Marmee … Continue reading

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Stella Brings the Family

Title: Stella Brings the Family Author(s): Miriam B. Schiffer Illustrator/Photographer: Holly Clifton-Brown Publisher and Year: Chronicle Books, 2015 Number of pages: 25 Tags: Family, Diversity, Picture Book, Morgan Houk Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis:  The plot of the book involved a … Continue reading

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Just Like Josh Gibson

Title: Just Like Josh Gibson Author(s): Angela Johnson Illustrator/Photographer: Beth Peck Publisher and Year: Simon & Schuster, 2004 Number of pages: 28 Tags: Morgan Houk, K-5, Diversity, Family, Historical Fiction, Picture Book Genre: Historical Fiction Analysis: This story is about … Continue reading

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Spoon

Title: Spoon Author(s): Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illustrator/Photographer: Scott Magoon Publisher and Year: Hyperion Books, 2009 Number of pages: 28 Tags: Diversity, Family, K-2, Picture Book, Morgan Houk Genre: Fiction Analysis: This story is about a little spoon who is sad … Continue reading

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