A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews

Find a perfect children’s book to share or read, and information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, teachers, librarians, graduate students, and teachers-to-be! Browse A Book or Two by title, genre, or topic! HAPPY READING! This is a closed site, to prevent inappropriate postings. You won't be able to add your own comments. Communication should be sent to the site organizer, Dr. Deb Marciano (dlmarciano@valdosta.edu).

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10/19/14

Dave the Potter

TITLE: Dave the Potter

AUTHOR: Laban Carrick Hill ILLUSTRATOR: Bryan Collier

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers PUBLICATION DATE: September 7, 2010

AWARDS: Caldecott Medal

GENRE: Bibliography-Primary READING LEVEL: 1^st grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This is a book about Dave—an artist, a poet, and slave. Dave cherished the clay and his work.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Bring some clay into the classroom and have the students mold something out of it.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Faith Summers, Valdosta State University ECSE

LABELS: biography, Caldecott Medal, slavery

10/8/14

Unspoken

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Henry Cole

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press

PUBLICATION DATE: 2012

AWARDS: Sixth annual Horace Mann Upstanders Book Award Winner

GENRE: Wordless Picture book

READING LEVEL: Ages 5-7

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A young girls courage is tested when she discovers runaway slaves in her parents barn. She is forced to make a choice to tell or keep their secret.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: After reading the story, students will sequence the events in the book by pictures with their small groups.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Mary McKenzie, Valdosta State University ECSE)

11/21/13

Henry's Freedom Box

Author: Ellen Levine Illustrator: Kadir Nelson

Copyright: 2007 Genre: Cultural fiction Reading Level: 4-8 yrs
Book Description: This is the story of a boy who experienced most of his life in slavery. He eventually finds a clever way to escape and begins his life of freedom. They call it his birthday of freedom. I think this story is inspiring and I like how Henry never lost his courage.
Integrated Activity: (4th grade) After reading the story students will be make a box out of construction paper. We will write words on slips of paper that describe Henry (from the story). On the back of each word paper slip students will write a sentence about the word (how it describes Henry or why it is inspiring to them). These will be our class Freedom boxes to remind us of the struggles that other people experience and to give us words of encouragement when we need it.
Reviewers name/affiliation: Emma McGee-VSU