Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery
by Sandra Neil Wallace and Bryan Collier
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Sports
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 1,765
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 660L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193445, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Physical Education
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Football players
- Painters--United States--Biography
- Civil rights
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Football players--United States--Biography
- Painters
- Football players as artists
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- Barnes, Ernie, 1938-2009
- Civil rights movements
- Barnes, Ernie
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Art | Painting
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century
- African Americans
- History
- Biographies
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Sports & Recreation
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Football
- Lists With This Book
- Picture Books for Older Children & Teens
- Black History Biographies
- Picture Books for Teens
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Sandra Neil Wallace about Between the Lines
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Bryan Collier
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sandra Neil Wallace
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In-depth Written Interview with Bryan Collier
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Awards & Distinctions 7

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2023
Winner, 2019

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2023
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019

Golden Kite Awards, 1974-2023
Nonfiction Text for Young Readers Honor, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2022
Biography Selection, 2019

Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2022
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Sports Selection, 2018
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