Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2014
Word Count 30,318
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 990L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 168140, 5.0 AR Points
- 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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- Conversations through Literacy
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- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Loving Engagement
- Black Lives Matter: Empathy
- BLM: Unapologetically Black
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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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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 37
Meet-the-Author Recording with Jacqueline Woodson
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Meet-the-Author Movie with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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2014 National Book Award Acceptance Speech given by Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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National Ambassador for Young People's Literature inauguration of Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Coretta Scott King Author Award Acceptance Speech by Jacqueline Woodson
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Insights into Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award acceptance speech, 2018, given by Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance Speech given by Jacqueline Woodson
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Power of Stories conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
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2018 National Book Festival speech by Jacqueline Woodson
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2018 Children's Literature Legacy Award Acceptance Speech given by Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Panel Discussion with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Interview with Jacqueline Woodson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 14
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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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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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 Unleashing Readers
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Discussion Questions from Kalamazoo Public Library
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Teaching Ideas from International Literacy Association
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Book Readings 3
Video Book Reading narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Video Book Reading narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Jacqueline Woodson
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Book Trailers 1
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 18
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2023
Author Winner, 2015
E.B. White Read-Aloud Award, 2012 - 2019
Winner, 2015
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2015
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2015
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2022
Selection, 2015
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2022
Selection, 2015
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2023
Honor, 2015
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2014
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001 - 2022
Selection, 2014
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Middle Selection, 2014
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2014
Lasting Connections, 2000 - 2020
Selection, 2014
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