Ira's Shakespeare Dream
by Glenda Armand and Floyd Cooper
Ira Alridge’s dream of performing Shakespeare was difficult for a young African... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2015
Word Count 2,233
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.3
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 178029
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Shakespearean actors and actresses--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Actors
- African American actors
- Actors and actresses
- African American actors--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick, -1867--Juvenile literature
- Aldridge, Ira Frederick
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
- Shakespearean actors and actresses
- United States
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Actors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- African American Experience
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