Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South
by Toyomi Igus and Michele Wood
Michele Wood's paintings are based on her family's early 20th century sharecropping... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Word Count 1,878
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 900L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 31386
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- African Americans in art--Juvenile literature
- Women--Biography
- Wood, Michele--Juvenile literature
- African American painters--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Wood, Michele
- Social life and customs
- Artists
- African Americans
- African American painters
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | General
- African Americans in art
- Southern States--Social life and customs
- African Americans--Southern States--Juvenile literature
- Women
- African Americans--Biography
- Art appreciation
- Southern States
- Lists With This Book
- Art and Artists in Picture Books
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Michele Wood
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Authors 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 3
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
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