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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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1. Interest Level (age):

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade):
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Riding to Washington


Book Title: Riding to Washington


Author(s): Gwenyth Swain


Illustrator: David Geister


Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press


Copyright Date: 2008


Genre: Picture Book – Historical Fiction



Brief Annotation:


Janie wasn’t the most well behaved child and she didn’t always know when to hold her tongue. But when she got the chance to ride on a bus to D.C. with her dad and a bunch of strangers to see Dr. King, she speaks up at exactly the right time and place. This took her by surprise! Especially since she didn’t even think she had an opinion about civil rights – she just knew what was “right” and she realized that maybe Dr. King had it right, too.


Your Rating (1-5) and why:


5 – The illustrations and the writing made for a great story about a tremendous point in U.S. history. And I think the friendship formed between Janie, a young white girl, and an older black woman sends a very strong and lovely message. It says that there are more things in life that unite us rather than divide us.


Readers who will like this book:


This would be great during a civil rights unit. Young historians and children interested in learning more about that day when all the buses drove over to D.C. to see Dr. Kings famous “I have a dream” speech.


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:


What do you think it would be like if you were in the crowd watching Martin Luther King Jr. speak?


If someone said you couldn’t use their public restroom because of the color of your skin, what

would you do?


1. Interest Level (age): 6 and up


2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 1.0

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