Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- Latino (US / Canada)
- African American
Year Published 2017
Word Count 4,519
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1100L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193117, 1.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Lists With This Book
- Latinx and Latin American Elementary
- Afro-Latinx Titles
- Black History Elementary
- Race, Racism and Resistance
- Conversations through Literacy
- Black Lives Matter: Globalism
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Collective Value
- BLM: Unapologetically Black
- Black Lives Matter: Intergenerational
- Puerto Rico
- Black History Biographies
- Sample: Bookworms Grade 4 Classroom Libr
Our Original Resources 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Eric Velasquez
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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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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
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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Word Search from Carole Boston Weatherford
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Read Aloud Tips from New Balanced Literacy Schools
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Discussion Questions from Picture Book Power
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Teachers' Guide from Candlewick Press
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ron Butler
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Dreamscape Media
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Awards & Distinctions 12

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2018

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Biography Selection, 2018

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018

Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2023
Winner, 2018

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2022
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Winner, 2018

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2017

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Biography Selection, 2017
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