Title: Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney Illustrator: Brian Pinkney
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book:Coretta Scott King Award or Honor Book
Citation:
Pinkney, A. D. (1998). Duke ellington: The piano prince and his orchestra (B. Pinkney, Illustrator). New York,NY: Hyperion Books for Children.
Genre/Type: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
Summary: This story explains Duke Ellington's rise to the top in the music scene in the 1900's. The illustrations are gorgeous. The drawings are swirled with colors and the way they are drawn, it almost seems that the pictures aren't in focus. Bold colors are used in a fun way to help the reader understand the excitement that came from Duke Ellington and his music.
Awards:Caldecott Honor (1999), Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor (1999)
How does this book relate to young children?
The author has written this story in a very interesting way that will be able to hold a child's attention. The text is written in a way that the reader feels like they are actually having a conversation with the author about Duke Ellington. Another interesting flare that the author used is the writing has a type of rhythm and flow to the text so the reading of it is very fun to follow.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
This would be a great book to read to your class during a unit on Duke Ellington or during Black History Month. Have the students do a research project of some sort focusing on Duke Ellington and how he became a star or give a 1 sentence summary and a picture that represents him for younger children.
Title: The Patchwork Quilt Author: Valerie Flournoy Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Book Length: 32 Pages
Category of Book: Coretta Scott King Award or Honor Book
Citation:
Flournoy, V. (1985). The patchwork quilt (J. Pinkney, Illustrator). New York, NY: Dial Books for Young Readers.
Genre/Type: Fiction
Summary: This beautiful story is about a grandmother who is working on a quilt that no one understands. One day, her granddaughter Tanya asked her about the quilt and begins helping make it with her grandmother. She is impatient and wants it to be done immediately and can't understand why it is supposed to take such a long time. When her grandmother becomes ill, Tanya takes it upon herself to finish the quilt for her grandmother. The illustratons in this story are very large and are painted in muted watercolors. It helps the feeling of love and innocence continue throughout the book.
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, illustrator, 1986.
How does this book relate to young children?
Many children are impatient and don't understand the importance of slowing down in order to get something done correctly. This story shows children that even though they may think something is silly and a waste of time in the beginning, may turn into something very important to them that they can be proud of in the end.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
After sharing this book with young children, have them discuss the story and relate it to their own life. After discussing, have the children make their own patchwork quilt. Give each child a square and have them decorate it, once all of the squares are finished, tape them together to create a classroom patchwork quilt.
Book Length: 48 Pages
Category of Book: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award or Honor Books
Citation:
Nelson, M. (2005). A wreath for emmett till (P. Lardy, Illustrator). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company.
Genre/Type: Poetry
Summary: In 1955, a young African American boy was lynched for supposedly whistling at a white woman. The horror of that day and the spaact that helped spark the civil rights movement into action is the inspiration for many poems that Marilyn Nelson has put together to commemmorate Emmett Till's life. Every page has some sort of illustration to represent that poem. There are thorns of some sort drawn in on each page interrupting the calm of the picture to represent the horror that Emmett Till was forced through when he died.
Awards: Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2006, Coretta Scott King Honor, author, 2006, Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2006
How does this book relate to young children?
Many children don't understand poetry and they don't like it. In this book, Marilyn Nelson has composed inspiring poetry that is semi-easy to understand. If read all at once, it would be very overwhelming for a child but if broken up into smaller sections, I think children will enjoy the poetry shown in this book.
How would you share/use this book with young children?
I feel like overall this book is for an older elementary child, but if explained to the child, a younger child could enjoy it as well.You can use this book to teach many things like poetry (sonnets/iambic pentameter) and black history (specifically Emmett Till and the fact that he was lynched). Read a few pages a day to the students and have them discuss what each poem means to the author and to the reader.
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