Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
by Kwame Mbalia and Lamar Giles
47 Total Resources 9 Awards 6 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 3-8
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- African
- Men / Boys
Year Published 2021
Word Count 56,614
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 512804, 8 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- African American boys--Literary collections
- African Americans--Literary collections
- Boys
- Boys--Literary collections
- African American boys
- African American teenage boys--Literary collections
- American literature--African American authors--Collections
- Young adult fiction, American
- Young adult poetry, American
- African Americans
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Mbalia about Black Boy Joy
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Lamar Giles
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Mbalia
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Kwame Mbalia “Black Boy Joy Virtual Book Tour”
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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 Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Lamar Giles
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Mbalia
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 24
Meet-the-Author Recording with Kwame Mbalia
Created by TeachingBooks
TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Kwame Mbalia “Black Boy Joy Virtual Book Tour”
Created by the TeachingBooks Blog
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Blue Willow Bookshop
American Sign Language and English (Bilingual) Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Schomburg Center
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by CBS Mornings
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Karen Hunter Media
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Epic Reads
Guest post by Lamar Giles
Created by Booklist Online
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Modern Mrs. Darcy
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Literaticast
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Underlined
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Charnaie Gordon
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Writer, Writer, Pants on Fire
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Keeping TABs Podcast
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Books En Vogue
Interview with Lamar Giles
Created by Horror Writers Association
Keynote Address by Kwame Mbalia
Created by Black Ink Charleston
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by Library of Congress
Interview with Kwame Mbalia
Created by She Writes
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 7
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Reader's Theater from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
Teaching Resources from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
Created by Texas Bluebonnet Award 2024
Educators' Guide from Random House Children's Books
Created by Random House Children's Books
Discussion Questions from Read Across America
Created by Read Across America
Invitation to Imagine from Kwame Mbalia
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Amir Abdullah and Taj Leahy
Created by Books On Tape® / Listening Library
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Random House Kids
Created by Random House Kids
Vocabulary Lists 1
Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
Created by Vocabulary.com
Awards & Distinctions 9
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2022
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2022
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2023
Selection, 2022
BCALA Children and Youth Literary Awards, 2021-2024
Fiction Honor, 2022
Kids’ Book Choice Awards, 2008-2022
Winner, 2022
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
Selection, 2021
Publishers Weekly Best Books, 2010-2023
Middle Grade Selection, 2021
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2021
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