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Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change by Michelle Cook
rainbowbookworm's review
4.0
I read this book and couldn't help but to wonder how many of these figures my ninth-grade students would be able to identify.
lanica's review
5.0
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN REVIEW: This may be a perfect book! Each page has an African American from history beautifully illustrated by a different artist. A few words are placed on each page which leads tot the next page. "Martin marched...so that..." the next page picks up with another illustration and a person further along the timeline of African American history and what they did to lift up the person to follow them. Who follows Obama? Why, the children of today, of course. Such a feel good book! At the end of the book is a small biography of each of the people mentioned in the poem with dates and a quick overview of their accomplishments.
I used it in my library to support the teachers who had already introduced Biographies to the third graders. As I read the pages they were so excited by recognizing people they had already heard of and equally excited to hear about the people they hadn't. George Washington Carver was new to most of them, as was Ella Fitzgerald. The few who did recognize them as I was ready no felt super special, a proud moment for them.
I can see many other ways it can be used by teachers. And the kids now check it out constantly. Highly recommended for all libraries, and all levels. I believe it's a great book for even high school kids to see and read, even if it needs to be introduced as an 'art book'.
I used it in my library to support the teachers who had already introduced Biographies to the third graders. As I read the pages they were so excited by recognizing people they had already heard of and equally excited to hear about the people they hadn't. George Washington Carver was new to most of them, as was Ella Fitzgerald. The few who did recognize them as I was ready no felt super special, a proud moment for them.
I can see many other ways it can be used by teachers. And the kids now check it out constantly. Highly recommended for all libraries, and all levels. I believe it's a great book for even high school kids to see and read, even if it needs to be introduced as an 'art book'.
jaij7's review
5.0
Beautiful illustrations completed by lots of fantastic illustrators makes this a phenomenal book. Gorgeous book!
heisereads's review
5.0
Discovered this book when weeding my library's nonfiction shelves & had to move it to a section where it will be seen more often because it is phenomenal! Every level of students I have read this with has appreciated it.
kitm's review against another edition
4.0
Part of me wants to hate this book due to my rabid Obama-hatred. Still, it's a very simple book that I can get through with my toddler that hopefully we'll still be reading when she's old enough to learn more about the famous people in this book. Plus, the illustrations are gorgeous.
kitm's review
4.0
Part of me wants to hate this book due to my rabid Obama-hatred. Still, it's a very simple book that I can get through with my toddler that hopefully we'll still be reading when she's old enough to learn more about the famous people in this book. Plus, the illustrations are gorgeous.
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