Summary Of Brown Girl Dreaming

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Brown Girl Dreaming is an emotionally touching children’s book that contains vivid and descriptive language—this makes this book a well-written children’s book. Such language describes Woodson’s childhood, specifically growing up in South Carolina and New York during the 1960s and 1970s—it changed her life. Throughout the course of this book card, I will focus on how an educator can make a difference in a student’s; especially when it comes to motivating students to chase after their dreams. As I read the book, I got the opportunity to learn that using vivid and descriptive language makes one’s writing strong—especially when comes to delivering a message to the audience.

For instance, Woodson uses such language to describe how growing up

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