Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2014
Word Count 30,318
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 990L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 168140
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Woodson, Jacqueline--Poetry
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Women
- African American women authors--Biography--Poetry
- Woodson, Jacqueline
- Women
- Authors, American
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudice & Racism
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Poetry
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
- African American women authors
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Issues / Prejudi
- African Americans
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
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- 8th Grade LDG
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- 6th Grade ELA Summer Reading
Our Original Resources 8

Meet-the-Author Movie with Jacqueline Woodson
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Jacqueline Woodson about Brown Girl Dreaming
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jacqueline Woodson
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 13
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher Resource from Free Library of Philadelphia
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Resources from Free Library of Philadelphia
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Teacher's Guide from Penguin Books for Young Readers
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Discussion Guide from Coretta Scott King Book Awards
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Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Plan from ReadWriteThink
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Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
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Discussion Questions from Kalamazoo Public Library
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Book Readings 3

Video Book Reading narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
Created by National Book Foundation

Video Book Reading narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Awards & Distinctions 17

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2021
Author Winner, 2015

John Newbery Medal, 1922-2021
Honor, 2015

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2015

E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2015

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015

Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2020
Selection, 2015

Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2020
Selection, 2015

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Fanfare, 2001 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Middle Selection, 2014
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