In looking at THE LEGENDARY MISS LENA HORNE by Carole Boston Weatherford as a mentor text I made some observations.
It begins with family
information. “The Horne family tree was laden with achievers: teachers,
activists, a Harlem Renaissance poet…..”
Then it becomes a birth,
childhood and career narrative but not the cradle to grave approach.
I recently attended a webinar
on page turns and examined their role in nonfiction picture books.
For example: one two-page
spread ends this way: “With Sissle, eighteen-year-old Lena cut her first record…”
The following two-page spread
has her fronting a band.
Does that page turn encourage
the reader to turn the page?
The jacket flap says it is
for ages 4-8 but I think it would be a great fit for the elementary grades
where they are studying Women’s History Month and Black History Month.
Teachers, keep this title in
mind.
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