BOOKS & LESSON IDEAS
by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Moses: When Harriet Tubman
Led Her People to Freedom
Ill. by Kadir Nelson
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2006
Caldecott Honor & Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration
A New York Times Bestseller
NAACP Image Award
Starred reviews: Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews
Booksense winter "Top Ten" title
Best Book of the Year: American Library Association Notables, Notable Trade Book for Young People,
CBC/National Council for the Social Studies; IRA Notable Books for a Global Society, School Library Journal, Horn Book Fanfare;
Blue Ribbon, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, New York Public Library 100 Books for Reading and Sharing,
Chicago Public Library, Bank Street College of Education, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, Nick Jr. Family Magazine
Bookmark quoting Harriet Tubman
Slavery: Primary Resources Slide Show
Hear African-American spirituals.
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Birmingham, 1963 In spare free verse, a fictional eyewitness offers an account of the bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and tributes to the four girls who died in that tragedy. Wordsong, 2007 Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Starred reviews: Kirkus Reviews, Library Media Connections, School Library Journal Best Book: Librarians Choices
Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane Ill. by Sean Qualls Henry Holt, April 2007 Hear the sounds of the jazz legend's southern childhood. .Peep some spreads in Sean Qualls' blog. See Coltrane jam.
Champions on the Bench: The 1955 Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars Ill. by Leonard Jenkins Dial Books for Young Readers, 2007 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2007 Favorite Books of 2007, Birmingham Public Library
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins Ill. by Jerome Lagarrigue Dial Books for Young Readers, 2005 North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2005 North Carolina Children's Book Award Finalist Notable Book, National Council for the Social Studies Now in paperback! Review of Picture Books on Segregation Writing & Researching the Book
Sidewalk Chalk: Poems of the City Ill. by Dimitrea Tokunbo Boyds Mills Press/Wordsong, 2002 Now in paperback! Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2003 Lesson ideas: Sidewalk Chalk Poetry Fest Reproducible:
The Carolina Parakeet: America's Lost Parrot in Art and Memory Avian Publications, 2005 A cautionary tale combining natural history, culture and sentiment . (See air date of 12/14/2005)
Grandma and Me;
Me & the Family Tree; Preschool board books Ill. by Michelle Mills Black Butterfly Books, 1997
The Sound that Jazz Makes Ill. by Eric Velasquez Walker Books, 2001 (out of print/sson to be reissued) Carter G. Woodson Award, National Council for the Social Studies NAACP Image Award Finalist Notable Book, National Council of Teachers of English Notable Book, National Council for the Social Studies Lesson materials: Timeline & discography |
I, Matthew Henson Ill. by Eric Velasquez Walker Publishing, 2008 Starred reviews: Publisher's Weekly, Booklist School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews,
Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive Ill. by Eric Velasquez Walker Publishing, 2007 Starred reviews: Publisher's Weekly, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews
Dear Mr. Rosenwald Ill. by R. Gregory Christie Scholastic Press, 2006 SCBWI Golden Kite Honor for Picture Book Text NAACP Image Award Finalist Starred reviews: Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Book Sense Children's Picks List Best Book: IRA Notable Books for a Global Society, Librarians' Choices, Louisville Courier-Journal, Wilde Awards; Notable Book, National Council for the Social Studies The Rosenwald Schools Initiative Rosenwald Schools in North Carolina
A Negro League Scrapbook Lively verse, fascinating facts and historic photos from all-black baseball's glory days. Boyds Mills Press, 2005 IRA Notable Books for a Global Society
Lesson Plan Hear Carole's commentary from NPR's News & Notes.
Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People Philomel Books, 2002 North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award Teachers' Choices, International Reading Association Notable Book, National Council for the Social Studies Notable Book of the English Language Arts Bank Street College Best Children's Books of 2003 Center for Children's Books Best Books of 2002 Poetry Pick, Voices of Youth Advocates
Jazz Baby A jazz pat-a-cake lll. by Laura Freeman Lee & Low Books, 2002 Now in paperback and Spanish!
Sink or Swim: African-American Lifesavers of the Outer Banks (Out of print/soon to be reissued) Character education connections
Juneteenth Jamboree Ill. by Yvonne Buchanan Lee & Low Books, 2002 Now in paperback and Spanish! |
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The African-American Struggle for Legal Equality Enslow Publishers, 2003 |
The African-American Struggle for Legal Equality Enslow Publishers, 2000 |
Upcoming Titles Racing Against the Odds (Marshall Cavendish) The Library Ghost (Upstart)
Poetry for Adults North Carolina Writers' Network
Harperprints Chapbook Competition winner, 1995 Longleaf Press, 2001.
Read excerpt.
Xavier Review Press, 2003.
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