Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill and Bryan Collier
31 Total Resources 7 Awards 8 State Lists View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 1,736
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1100L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 139661, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Slaves--South Carolina--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | History
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Dave
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- African American poets
- Slaves--South Carolina
- African American potters
- Dave, fl. 1834-1864
- African American poets--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Dave, active 1834-1864--Juvenile literature
- South Carolina
- African American potters--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Slaves
- Lists With This Book
- 40 Books about the Arts
- History, K-5
- Black History Biographies
Our Original Resources 9
Meet-the-Author Movie with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Bryan Collier about Dave the Potter
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Laban Carrick Hill
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Bryan Collier “Dream Spaces: Illustrating DAVE THE POTTER”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
In-depth Written Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Laban Carrick Hill
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Movie with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
In-depth Written Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Bryan Collier “Dream Spaces: Illustrating DAVE THE POTTER”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by School Library Journal
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by The Yarn Podcast
Interview with Bryan Collier
Created by All the Wonders
Interview with Laban Carrick Hill
Created by Write the Book
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Created by Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Educator's Guide from Little, Brown and Company
Created by Little, Brown and Company
Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
Created by Classroom Bookshelf
Lesson Plan from Milwaukee Art Museum
Created by Milwaukee Art Museum
Lesson Plan from Book Blurbia
Created by Book Blurbia
Book Readings 2
Complete Video Reading narrated by Illustrator Bryan Collier
Created by Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Kevin R. Free
Created by Recorded Books
Awards & Distinctions 7
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Illustrator Winner, 2011
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Commended, 2011
Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1938-2023
Honor, 2011
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2011
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
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