Jackie's Bat

AUTHOR: Marybeth Lorbiecki

ILLUSTRATOR: Brian Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster PUBLICATIONS DATE : 2006
GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: 3rd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A bat boy in 1947 meets the first professional black baseball player, Jackie Robinson. In watching Jackie, the bat boy learns what it really means to be a man and not judge one by the color of their skin.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will integrate this with their social studies and research ways the Bill of Rights has affected both women and black people in America.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Serena Martin, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: History, Sports, Heroes, and Social Studies

Amelia to Zora

AUTHOR: Cynthia Chin-Lee

ILLUSTRATOR: Megan Halsey and Sean Addy

PUBLISHER: Charlesbridge  PUBLICATION DATE:  2005

AWARDS:

• ABC Best Books for Children
• NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
• Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of the Year
• Bookbuilders of Boston New England Book Show Winner
• Book Links Best New Books for the Classroom
• Book Sense Children's Picks List, CCBC Choices
• IRA/CBC Children's Choices, National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA)
• 49th Annual New England Book Show Juvenile Book Award.                

GENRE: Non-Fiction                       
READING LEVEL:  5^th grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: An alphabetical catalog of women who pioneered changes throughout history.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Write about who your hero is. Read aloud about the person in class.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Serena Martin, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: Women, Heroes, History, English