Collection Analysis Report
for #BlackLivesMatter Reads - Kids
This report provides data analyses into the titles on this list to help support your efforts to put the right book in each reader's hands.
This report is organized by Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas, Quantitative Measures, and Qualitative Measures.
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Collection Analysis by Genre, Cultural, and Curricular Areas
For the 17 books on this list, please find an analysis revealing the quantity of titles associated with genre, cultural, and curriculum classifications. Additionally, please find the "Not Represented" section where you can click to identify other titles to potentially add to this list.
We hope this collection analysis tool helps you achieve the variety and differentiation of books that you want for your reading opportunities.
(17 of 17 titles have genres, curricular, or cultural experiences.)
- Social Studies (13 books)
- English Language Arts (12 books)
- Picture Book (11 books)
- History (6 books)
- Nonfiction (6 books)
- Realistic Fiction (5 books)
- Art (3 books)
- Biography (2 books)
- Historical Fiction (2 books)
- Poetry (2 books)
- Concept Book (1 books)
- Science Fiction / Fantasy (1 books)
Genre, Curricular, and Cultural Experience categories are assigned by TeachingBooks based on professional reviews, authoritative sources, and company guidelines.
Quantitative Measures
For 13 of 17 titles that have known Lexile levels, below is the low, high, and average Lexile® for the books in this list. We hope these data points, along with the crosswalk to other measures, provide insights into the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Lexile® Average: 650 (Range: 290 - 990)
Reading Level and Grade Band Crosswalk
Grade Band | Lexile® | ATOS | Degrees of Reading Power® | Flesch-Kincaid | Fountas & Pinnell | Reading Maturity | SourceRater |
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2-3 | 420-820 | 2.75-5.14 | 42-54 | 1.98-5.34 | I-P | 3.53-613 | 0.05-2.48 |
4-5 | 740-1010 | 4.97-7.03 | 52-60 | 4.51-7.72 | O-V | 5.42-7.92 | 0.84-5.75 |
6-8 | 925-1185 | 7.00-9.98 | 57-67 | 6.51-10.34 | U-Z | 7.04-9.57 | 4.11-10.66 |
Key: Purple highlight represents average.
Source: National Governors Association for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers.[1]
Qualitative Measures (BETA)
For 6 of 17 titles that have known qualitative measurements, this graph reveals the aggregated low, high, and average qualitative measures for the books in this list. We hope this range of information shows the variety and differentiation of this collection.
Qualitative Text Complexity Ranges
= low and high range of submitted values = average of submitted values
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- Moderately
- Very
- Exceedingly
Qualitative measures for each title are determined by crowd sourced results from professional educators who complete the literary or informational text complexity rubrics. These are relatively new on TeachingBooks so only a small percentage of all the titles have currently been evaluated. Perhaps you can help?
Instructional Materials Summary
Below please find a summary of available multimedia texts and instructional materials that enrich and deepen the discussion of the titles on this list.
- 34 Videos
- 21 Book Readings
- 66 Lesson Plans
- Total of 361 resources
Details for Each Book
Below are the titles on Hennepin County Library's "#BlackLivesMatter Reads - Kids". If you wish to see the curricular areas, genres, Lexile® and Qualitative measures, along with the collection of ready-to-use instructional materials, go online to TeachingBooks at: https://school.teachingbooks.net/ql3AUUS
A is for Activist
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3
- Genres: Concept Book, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2013
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Moderately Complex
- Conventionality: Slightly Complex
- Vocabulary: Very Complex
- Sentence Structure: Slightly Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Very Complex
The Blacker the Berry: Poems
by Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper
- Genres: Nonfiction, Poetry, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2008
Brown Girl Dreaming
- Grades Used: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Poetry
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 990
- Year Published: 2014
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Very Complex
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
by Paula Young Shelton and Raúl Colón
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 840
- Year Published: 2009
Do Something!: A Handbook for Young Activists
by Nancy Lublin, Vanessa Martir, and Julia Steers
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: 790
- Year Published: 2010
Each Kindness
by Jacqueline Woodson and E.B. Lewis
- Grades Used: pk, k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Genres: Realistic Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Slightly Complex
- Conventionality: Moderately Complex
- Vocabulary: Slightly Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Slightly Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Let's Talk about Race
by Julius Lester and Karen Barbour
- Genres: Nonfiction
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2009
One Crazy Summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia Rita Williams-Garcia
Book 1 of the Gaither Sisters Trilogy
- Grades Used: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 750
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Moderately Complex
- Life Experiences: Very Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Exceedingly Complex
Shades of Black
by Sandra L. Pinkney and Myles C. Pinkney
- Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: Social Studies
- Lexile: Unknown
- Year Published: 2000
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 600
- Year Published: 2010
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Sit-InSmoky Night
by Eve Bunting and David Diaz
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 530
- Year Published: 1994
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Smoky NightSomewhere Today: A Book of Peace
by Shelley Moore Thomas and Eric Futran
- Genres: Realistic Fiction
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, Social Studies
- Lexile: 500
- Year Published: 1998
A Sweet Smell of Roses
by Angela Johnson and Eric Velasquez
- Grades Used: 4
- Genres: Historical Fiction, Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African (Global), African American
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 480
- Year Published: 2005
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Very Complex
- Text Organization: Slightly Complex
- Use of Visual Features: N/A
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Life Experiences: Moderately Complex
- Cultural Knowledge: Moderately Complex
Tar Beach
- Genres: Picture Book, Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 660
- Year Published: 1991
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for Tar BeachThrough My Eyes
by Ruby Bridges and Margo Lundell
- Grades Used: 6, 7, 8
- Genres: Biography, Nonfiction
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History, Social Studies
- Lexile: 860
- Year Published: 1999
Qualitative Measures:
- Meaning: Moderately Complex
- Text Organization: Moderately Complex
- Use of Visual Features: Very Complex
- Conventionality: Very Complex
- Vocabulary: Moderately Complex
- Sentence Structure: Very Complex
- Subject Matter Knowledge: Moderately Complex
- Intertextuality: Moderately Complex
We March
- Genres: Picture Book
- Cultural Experiences: African American, African (Global)
- Curricular Areas: English Language Arts, History
- Lexile: 290
- Year Published: 2012
Qualitative Measures:
View all instructional resources and text complexity results for We MarchWings
- Genres: Science Fiction / Fantasy, Picture Book
- Curricular Areas: Art, English Language Arts
- Lexile: 630
- Year Published: 2000
Qualitative Measures:
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