Ellen's Broom
by Kelly Starling Lyons and Daniel Minter
A young girl learns a new meaning for freedom during the time of Reconstruction
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- 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
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kelly Starling Lyons about Ellen's Broom
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Daniel Minter about Ellen's Broom
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly Starling Lyons
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Daniel Minter
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
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Word Search from Kelly Starling Lyons
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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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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