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Author Jacqueline Woodson remembers her childhood, writing in verse. Beautifully written!
One of my favorites reads this year. I loved every part of the book.
Fall 2021 (October);
~ 2021 Bingo Board Challenge, Non-Fiction: "Pick one: Bustle's list of 13 Non-Fiction Books About Race Written By Women of Colour"
This collection of biographical poetry is quite lovely, and I enjoyed listening to the author read all of the pieces herself. To hear the emotion, longing, success, gaps, and triumphs. It's very much a celebration of the joy of writing, the path of family, 60's/70's American music, and the wide journey a family makes while she grows up. I'll defin ...more
~ 2021 Bingo Board Challenge, Non-Fiction: "Pick one: Bustle's list of 13 Non-Fiction Books About Race Written By Women of Colour"
This collection of biographical poetry is quite lovely, and I enjoyed listening to the author read all of the pieces herself. To hear the emotion, longing, success, gaps, and triumphs. It's very much a celebration of the joy of writing, the path of family, 60's/70's American music, and the wide journey a family makes while she grows up. I'll defin ...more
Great writing! Poetic memoir. (Betterworld reading challenge-a National Book Award Winner)
I don't usually enjoy books written in prose - I have previously found it kind of hard to feel like I've gotten enough detail and character development with prose to enjoy a story. This book was different. It was beautiful. The characters were so developed, even with such limited words. It was a really well-written memoir just perfect for introducing young people to some hard issues.
This was another book on my 6th grader's Battle of the Books reading list. ...more
This was another book on my 6th grader's Battle of the Books reading list. ...more
What a beautifully written collection of narrative poems. The poems go right to the heart of what growing up and family meant for Jacqueline Woodson. The poems capture the sensory feel of childhood, the difference between her grandparents' home in the south and her moather's home in New York City. I loved the sections about her struggle with reading and her love for the power of words.
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Highly recommend the audiobook for this, which is read by Jacqueline Woodson herself.
Sep 10, 2015
Dana
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it was amazing
Shelves:
memoir,
youth-nonfiction,
stories-in-verse,
biography,
listened-to-it,
autobiography,
newbery
Dec 28, 2017
Heather
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Korie Brown
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