When Grandmama Sings
by Margaree King Mitchell and James Ransome
An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated... read more
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,426
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 151087, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Grandmothers
- Segregation--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Singing
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Segregation
- Singing--Fiction
- Southern States
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- 1951-
- Southern States--History--1951---Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Freedom Stories
- African American Grandparents
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