Picture Book #19

Dave the Potter

 by Laban Carrick Hill

Illustrator: Bryan Collier

Genre: Juvenile Non-Fiction
Subgenre: Picture Book

Themes: Slavery, Art, History, Creativity

Primary and Secondary Characters: Primary - Dave

Award(s): 2011 Caldecott Honor
2011 Coretta Scott King Award
2011 American Library Association Notable Books for Children

Date Published: 2010

Publishing Company: Little, Brown and Company

Summary: In the 1800's a slave named Dave with an extra ordinary talent, leaves his mark and clues to his life on pieces of pottery he creates. 


How this book could be used to teach students: This book could be used to compare Dave's life to other slaves' lives in the 1800's. Dave the Potter cold be used as an example of an biography.