Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Picture Book #25

Dot & Jabber 
and the Big Bug Mystery
 by Ellen Stoll Walsh



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Picture Book #24

Tracks in the Snow
 by Wong Herbert Yee



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Date Published: 2003
Publishing Company: Henry Holt and Company


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Picture Book #24

Ballet for Martha:
Making  Appalachian Spring
 by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan



Illustrator: Brian Floca
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Award(s): 2011 Orbis Pictus Award
2011 Robert F. Sibert Honor
Date Published: 2010
Publishing Company: Flash Point


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Picture Book #22

Bird Song
 by Audrey Wood



Illustrator: Robert Florczak
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Date Published:  1997
Publishing Company: Hartcourt Brace & Company


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Picture Book #20

Too Many Toys
 by David Shannon



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Date Published: 2008
Publishing Company: The Blue Sky Press


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Picture Book #21

Art & Max
 by David Wiesner



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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.