CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSIGNMENT
Book 1
1. Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
2. Title and date of publication: The Tortoise and the Hare, published on 10/01/2013
3. Genre of the book: Traditional Literature
4. Format: Picture Book
5. Award(s): None
6. Summary of the book: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. He tells him that he can beat him in a race. At the start the hare shoots off and is in the lead, but the tortoise throughout the whole story says that slow and steady will win the race. In the end the tortoise wins the race because the hare thinks he has won and slows down because he gets too cocky thinking he has already won.
7. Book project:
8. Page number(s) from Vacca or Tompkins where you found this information:
Book 2
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Author/Illustrator: Ellen Levine, Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson 2. Title and date of publication: Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story of the Underground Railroad, Published on January 1st, 2007
3. Genre of the book: Non-Fiction Biographies
4. Format: Picture Book
5. Award(s): Caldecott Medal
6. Summary of the book: This book is about a little by names Henry Brown. He was born into slavery and when his master died he was sent to work in a factory. While working in the factory he met another slave named Nancy. They end up getting married and they have three kids. One day his wife and kids are sold to another slave owner. Henry gets really upset because they are sold so he comes up with a plan to escape form slavery. So he puts himself into a box and mails himself north. He arrives at the home of an abolitionist where he becomes free.
7. Book project:
8. Page number(s) from Vacca or Tompkins where you found this information:
Book 8
1. Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
2. Title and date of publication: A Light In The Attic, published on 09/22/2009
3. Genre of the book: Poetry
4. Format: Picture
Book 1
1. Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
2. Title and date of publication: The Tortoise and the Hare, published on 10/01/2013
3. Genre of the book: Traditional Literature
4. Format: Picture Book
5. Award(s): None
6. Summary of the book: The tortoise challenges the hare to a race. He tells him that he can beat him in a race. At the start the hare shoots off and is in the lead, but the tortoise throughout the whole story says that slow and steady will win the race. In the end the tortoise wins the race because the hare thinks he has won and slows down because he gets too cocky thinking he has already won.
7. Book project:
8. Page number(s) from Vacca or Tompkins where you found this information:
Book 2
1. Author/Illustrator: …show more content…
Author/Illustrator: Ellen Levine, Illustrated by: Kadir Nelson 2. Title and date of publication: Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story of the Underground Railroad, Published on January 1st, 2007
3. Genre of the book: Non-Fiction Biographies
4. Format: Picture Book
5. Award(s): Caldecott Medal
6. Summary of the book: This book is about a little by names Henry Brown. He was born into slavery and when his master died he was sent to work in a factory. While working in the factory he met another slave named Nancy. They end up getting married and they have three kids. One day his wife and kids are sold to another slave owner. Henry gets really upset because they are sold so he comes up with a plan to escape form slavery. So he puts himself into a box and mails himself north. He arrives at the home of an abolitionist where he becomes free.
7. Book project:
8. Page number(s) from Vacca or Tompkins where you found this information:
Book 8
1. Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
2. Title and date of publication: A Light In The Attic, published on 09/22/2009
3. Genre of the book: Poetry
4. Format: Picture