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Book Title:

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:

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
Use book wizard to help with the previous 2 areas


3. List awards

4. Does this book have a book trailer? If so, cut and paste the web address here.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

Book Title: Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

Author(s): Laban Carrick Hill

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Bryan Collier

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

Copyright Date: 2010

Genre: Biography

Brief Annotation: Dave was a slave but that was not all he did. Dave made beautiful pottery out of dirt, something that everyone else took for granted. He took something that was so simple and turned it into something that was wonderful and useful. Even as a slave, Dave made pottery that he engraved poetry into and his legacy lived on for years after he passed.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4 – It was an inspiring story of hard work and dedication. The illustrations were wonderfully done and the story was a touching story. It gave a different view to the life that slaves led in that time period.

Readers who will like this book: Children who are interested in pottery would like this book. Also, anyone who is interested in history and the lives of slaves would find this book intriguing.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: (Bring in a pot) Does anyone know what this is made of or how it is made?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): K – 2

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 9.4

3. List awards: 2011 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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