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Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

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3. List awards

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Monday, March 5, 2012

Smoky Night

Book Title: Smoky Night  
Author(s): Eve Bunting
Illustrator/Photographer/ Artist: David Diaz
Publisher: Harcourt Books
Copyright Date: 1994
Genre: Contemporary realistic fiction
Brief Annotation: This book is about a boy in his mother. The boy is unsure of his neighbors because they are different from his famil . Their looks are different and their culture is different. When the riots break out on the streets below his apartment building and the boy and his mother must evacuate. He soon learns the importance of getting along and helping others.
Your Rating (1-5) and Why: I rate this book a four. It is educational but not to dramatic. The collage pictures are fabulous.
Readers who will like this book: I think inner city children and children who live in a place with lots of diversity.
Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp :
Question to ask about this book before you read aloud: Have you ever been afraid or unsure of someone because they were different?
List awards: The Caldecot Medal
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