It Jes' Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw
by Don Tate and R. Gregory Christie
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 1,580
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 151587
- Curricular Area
- Art
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Folk artists
- African American painters
- Alabama
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- Alabama--Biography--Juvenile literature
- African American painters--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Traylor, Bill, 1854-1949--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Folk artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | Drawing
- Traylor, Bill
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with R. Gregory Christie
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Don Tate
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with R. Gregory Christie
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Don Tate
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 11
Interview with Don Tate
Created by Lee & Low
Interview with R. Gregory Christie
Created by Lee & Low
Interview with Don Tate
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Don Tate
Created by Author Turf
Interview with Don Tate
Created by SCBWI
Interview with R. Gregory Christie
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Guest post by R. Gregory Christie
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Don Tate
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Guest post by Don Tate
Created by The Brown Bookshelf
Interview with Don Tate
Created by SCBWI
Interview with Don Tate
Created by Mackin Community
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Common Core Guide from Booklist Online
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Teacher's Guide from Lee & Low
Created by Lee & Low
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Don Tate
Created by Don Tate
Awards & Distinctions 4
Ezra Jack Keats Book Award, 1986-2021
Author Honor, 2013
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2012
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