Ellen's Broom
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Daniel Minter
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24 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,397
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 148129
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- African American families
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Marriage--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- African Americans--Fiction
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Fiction
- African Americans
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Marriage customs and rites
- Brooms and brushes--Fiction
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kelly Starling Lyons about Ellen's Broom
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Recording with Daniel Minter about Ellen's Broom
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Daniel Minter
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Daniel Minter
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 11
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by TeachingBooks
Meet-the-Author Recording with Daniel Minter
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Daniel Minter
Created by Don Tate
Guest Post by Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by Cynsations
Guest Post by Daniel Minter
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by Writermorphosis
Guest Post by Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by From the Mixed-Up Files...
Interview with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by The Winged Pen
Interview with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by African American Literature Book Club
Interview with Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by Matthew C. Winner
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Discussion Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
Created by Penguin Publishing Group USA
Word Search from Kelly Starling Lyons
Created by Kelly Starling Lyons
Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Created by Coretta Scott King Book Awards
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from kelstarly
Created by kelstarly
Awards & Distinctions 2
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Illustrator Honor, 2013
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Emergent Selection, 2012
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