Book Trailer
Title: Skippy Jon Jones
Author: Judy Schachner
Illustrator:
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date of Publication: 2005
Pages: 32
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Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Children's Literature-Poetry
Title: "Brown Girl Dreaming"
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher: Puffin Books
Illustrations: Front cover only, except for family tree at the beginning of the book
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 368
Genre: Poetry
In this moving memoir written in free verse, author Jacqueline Woodson shares with the reader what life was like as an African American girl growing up in the 1960s and 1970s. This was an emotional time for our country it's important to see things from a different perspective than what we may be used to. Woodson shares moving stories of her childhood and her talent for writing is evident in the pages of her book. At the beginning of the book, the author has included her family tree. You can also find her family photographs at the end.
Classroom connection- This text would be great to use with 5th or 6th grade. You could use it while studying the Civil Rights Movement and students could take a look into this author's life and others that lived in this time. For a writing activity, students could find someone in their community that would be willing to share their memories of this time period and conduct an interview.
Monday, April 8, 2019
Children's Literature-Traditional Literature
Title: "The Rough-Face Girl"
Author: Rafe Martin
Illustrator: David Shannon
Publisher: Puffin Books
Copyright: 1998
Pages: 32
Genre: Traditional Literature
While most students have been introduced to the tale of Cinderella, this book will take you on a journey to see the story in a different light. The setting is the shores of Lake Ontario. In the village, there is an mysterious being who the local girls all compete to marry. The author highlights on a group of sisters who are all hoping to be the "one". While two are very spoiled and beautiful, it is their third sister who is the focus of this book. With scars covering her face and hands, the reader is pulled into true beauty.
The illustrations in this text are earthy and moving. David Shannon has excellently matched the author's words. Young and old will be pulled into the native landscape as they travel through each page.
Classroom connection: For a language arts activity, students could write descriptive words for the characters. You could design a chart with the group and have each child write on a sticky note and attach to each character. Integrating arts would be wonderful by having students view Native American artwork and then creating their own using similar styles.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
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