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
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Bryan Collier about Dave the Potter
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Bryan Collier
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Laban Carrick Hill
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Bryan Collier “Dream Spaces: Illustrating DAVE THE POTTER”
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In-depth Written Interview with Bryan Collier
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Educator's Guide from Little, Brown and Company
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Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Plan from Milwaukee Art Museum
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Lesson Plan from Book Blurbia
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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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