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a. Look Inside at the Illustrations: https://www.amazon.com/reader/0688139019?_encoding=UTF8&page=17

b. Author Info: Karen was born in Connecticut, and received her Master’s degree in deaf education. She has lived in Africa and in Haiti. Karen had an early dream to be one of the youngest published authors, starting a writing club at ten. However, Karen's published works came later in life, after extensive travels and family experience. Karen's ability to draw from personal experience and adapt into writing forms for all ages and interests expresses her true gift. http://www.karenlynnwilliams.com/painted.html

d. CC.1.2.2.L

Read and comprehend literary non-fiction and informational text on grade level, reading independently and proficiently.

e. Teaching Ideas from Karen Lynn Williams herself: http://www.karenlynnwilliams.com/files/painted_guide.pdf

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Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack 

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Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack 

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a. Take a look inside

b. Patricia C. and Fredrick L. McKissack have written over one hundred books about the African-American experience. They have won countless awards and received much critical acclaim, all the while bringing enjoyment and information to young readers.

Before becoming a full-time writer, Patricia worked as a teacher and then as an editor of children's books. “My career as a teacher helped me recognize what books were needed and what children enjoyed reading; my career as an editor taught me how to develop an idea. After teaching for nine years and editing for six, I felt I was ready to launch my writing career.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/patricia-c--mckissack/

d. Common Core State Standard:
CC.1.2.3.B

Ask and answer questions about the text and make inferences from text; refer to text to support responses.

e. Teaching Idea: Incorporating Science! http://terrificscience.org/lessonpdfs/LessonsonAirEdit.pdf

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b. Author information: Writer and illustrator Allen Say was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1937 to a Japanese American mother and a Korean father. He dreamed of becoming a cartoonist from the age of six. At age twelve, he was sent off to Tokyo — living on his own — to attend a prestigious school in the city. Instead, he sought out and apprenticed himself to the famous post-war cartoonist, Noro Shinpei, and spent the next four years learning to draw and paint. That experience is described first in his autobiographical novel The Ink-Keeper's Apprentice (1996) and later in the 2011 picture book Drawing from Memory. At age sixteen, Say emigrated from Japan to California with his father. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/say

c. Media Link: book talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L20j-yCBMws

d. Common Core State Standards: (Making Connections)
E03.B-C.3.1 Demonstrate understanding of connections within, between, and/or among informational texts.

e. Check out this resource from Teaching Tolerance!! https://www.tolerance.org/classroom-resources/tolerance-lessons/looking-at-race-and-racial-identity-in-childrens-books