Tag Archives: Realistic Fiction

Big Hair Don’t Care

Author: Crystal Swain-Bates Illustrator: Megan Bair Published: Goldest Karat Publishing 2013 Pages: 30 Tags: Jamal Jackson, Realistic Fiction, k-5, Picture Book, Multicultural, Fashion, Diversity, Crystal Swain-Bates Genre: Fiction Analysis: Lola is a young African American girl with big curly hair. She … 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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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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Happy to Be Nappy

Title: Happy to Be Nappy Author: bell hooks Illustrator/Photographer: Chris Raschka Number of Pages: 33 Publisher and Year: Hyperion Books, 1999 Genre: Realistic Fiction Analysis: Happy to Be Nappy is a celebration of all the different hairstyles that Black girls … 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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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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