Dear Hank Williams
by Kimberly Willis Holt
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 34,827
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 820L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 173602, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Letters--Fiction
- Louisiana--History--20th century--Fiction
- Singing
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
- Singing--Fiction
- Epistolary fiction
- Family life
- Letters
- Williams, Hank, 1923-1953--Fiction
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Louisiana
- Families
- Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles | Country Life
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
- Williams, Hank
- Family life--Louisiana--Fiction
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kimberly Willis Holt
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Kimberly Willis Holt
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Interview with Kimberly Willis Holt
Created by Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teacher's Guide from Macmillan
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Elementary Selection, 2015
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