One Crazy Summer

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR:  Rita Williams-Garcia

PUBLISHER: Amistad                    PUBLICATION DATE:  December 27, 2011

AWARDS: Newberry Honor Book, Scott Odell Award winner, Coretta Scott-King Award winner

GENRE:  Historical Fiction        READING LEVEL:  Grades 3-5

BRIEF OVERVIEW: 

This book describes the struggles of three sisters, a city, and a nation plagued but trying to overcome racism and injustice. It tells of the rise of the Black Panthers organization.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:

Students will research and write a one page paper on social injustice.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Lashundra Coad, VSU

Bugs

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Nancy Winslow Parker ( Author and Illustrator) and Joan Richards Wright ( Author and Photographer)
PUBLISHER: Greenwillow Books PUBLICATION DATE: 1987
AWARDS: Reading Rainbow Book
GENRE: Nonfiction READING LEVEL: age 4-8
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A guidebook of different insects for readers young and old.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will identify bugs and their differences and draw a picture of the bugs from the books. Students will go outside and locate different bugs.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Tavia Hundley    VSU