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I‘ve read 28/100 including all of the Grimm fairy tales, that were in a fat book that I devoured as a child. In some cases that may have been ill advised! (I‘m looking at you, Red Shoes!) But I digress. Here are some of my favorites.
1. Watership Down
2. The Secret Garden
3. Brown Girl Dreaming
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#TLT

“keep looking and it‘s spring again, the lights gold now, and dancing across the pine floors”

This book would be best suited for more independent readers as it is a chapter book. But it would make a great addition to a classroom library.

This book is an inspirational poetry book about a little girl and what she had to deal with the 60s and 70s. The emotion behind this book was very compelling.

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson. @Karisimo #MiddleGradeMonday

“I am born in Ohio but the stories of South Carolina already run like rivers through my veins.“

If I were to use this book in a classroom, I would keep it in a classroom library for middle school aged children. They would love reading this since it's fairly easy and would help to build their confidence in reading.

This book is written completely in a poetry style. This story is about the authors life diving into how she was split between communities while trying to find her own voice. This was a quick and easy read and I loved hearing about her travels through central Ohio.

#CoverLove

I thought of this favorite book told in verse as much for the #Brown in the title as the brown on the cover. 🤎

#SpringSkies

A favorite #Poetic memoir told in verse.💙

Thank you, Misty! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I adore Jacqueline Woodson ❤️

#litsylove

Next book in my giveaway for #BlackHistoryMonth is this one! US only due to shipping costs 😞

To enter share with us your favorite Black female author ✍️ ❤️ Mine is Jesmyn Ward!

#LitsyLove

“I am born on a Tuesday at University Hospital / Columbus, Ohio, USA— / a country caught / between Black and White.“

Jacqueline Woodson's 'Brown Girl Dreaming' is a poignant memoir in verse that beautifully captures the author's journey of self-discovery. It's a powerful exploration of identity, family, and the pursuit of dreams, making it a valuable resource for discussions on diversity and personal narratives. This book can be used to teach about autobiographical writing, historical context, and the importance of diverse voices in literature.

Beautiful!!

“But on paper, things can live forever”

I think this would be great for upper elementary students!

This book can classify as nonfiction and as poetry. It is an awesome and very informational read!

This book won the EB White Read Aloud Award. This series of books from Jacqueline Woodson are amazing. They are all great reads and basing on a story with a little girl between her father in Ohio and her mother in South Carolina.

Coretta Scott King Author Award Book
October 11th, 2016
Brown Girl Dreaming is a chapter book written in poetry form, that discussed what it is like to grown up as an African American in the 60‘s/70‘s. Jacqueline wanted to bring light to living during the times of Jim Crows laws and Civil right movements, through her poem writing.

Title: brown Girl Dreaming
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Published: Aug. 28th, 2014
Genre: children's lit, autobiography
Awards: National Book Award Winner for Young People‘s Literature
Summary: This is a story about the author Jacqueline Woodson from birth to age 10. this time setting was in 1963 which was during the peak of the civil rights movement. This story talks about Jacqueline's life during this time and how she grew up.

Brown Girl Dreaming written by Jacqueline Woodson was published in 2014 and talks about the life of the author growing up in rural Southeastern Ohio. It represents a lower-income black family, and the struggles she faced. This book won a Newbery award, and is a great read!

The author used this book as a memoir to tell the reader about her childhood as an African American in the American Northeast and South in the 1960s. She talks about her experiences and how they made her feel. She talks about how racism and segregation laws affected her and her family. All of this is told through poetry.

“Even though the laws have changed my grandmother still takes us to the back of the bus when we go downtown in the rain”

It‘s a unique chapter book that uses poetry to tell the author‘s life story.

This book was first published in 2014 and received multiple awards such as Newberry Honor, National book award, and Coretta Scott King award. This story is unique to most chapter books because it uses poetry to convey the authors story. It‘s a moving book about life growing up during segregation and how Jacqueline Woodson became the author she is today.

Fabulous, just fabulous.

#poemaday #poetry #poetrymatters

📕Brown Girl Dreaming
🖊Geraldine Brooks
🎥Bottle Shock
🎤Garth Brooks (no relation!)
🎶Butterflies and Hurricanes (Muse)
#manicmonday #letterB

Slowly but surely I‘m catching up with #letterb of the #alphabetgame

This book is especially good on audio.

Listen. Just listen.

Reminder to myself to get outside. Be still. Quiet the mind. Relax. #poetry #poemaday

#toldinverse #bookmoods @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#chelseaclinton spoke with/ interviewed #jacquelinewoodson about being a female brown author on her podcast #infact

#paper #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#WeekendReads
1. Poetry: brown girl dreaming, Print/NF: Things Are Against Us by Lucy Ellman, Audiobook: Stand-In by Lily Chu; about to start City of Girls via eBook.
2. Longest book so far: They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple, 455 pages
3. All the stories in collection Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

@rachelsbrittain

This image is my “Poetry Bookmark”. In some ways, it is my Coronavirus Journey Log. What you see is every poetry collection I have made my way through, a poem every day, since 1/1/2020. I am shocked and/or humbled that I have touched this slip every day for 800 days. (I looked it up.) 😳

I started the tagged book today.

#poetry #poetrymatters #readict

Initially, the style of this memoir felt disjointed to me, but once I got used to it, I started to appreciate how much like memory the words flow. Woodson takes us from the innocence of youth, where everything feels like it will be okay, even the scary things, into the years when it begins to become clear that adults don't necessarily have all the answers or best guidance, and when Woodson starts to develop her identity as a writer.

My little avocado tree was my view while reading the tagged book today. It takes some imagination to put myself in South Carolina or in Brooklyn on a SoCal day like today, but I'm enjoying the book.

#newbeginnings #dream
This does not quite fit the prompt, but it was the first book that popped in my head-🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

#12booksof21 #12booksof2021

May:
I‘ll always remember this book as the one I read while waiting for my post vaccination fevers to go away. This one just took me away to another world.

Book 4 for 2021

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I read this memoir in verse for a class, and I greatly enjoyed it! Woodson has a way with words that I admire.

Fit a short audiobook in before the end of August. Loved this story told in verse. Read by Woodson. Her story of her childhood & the beginnings of her interest in writing.

A book of beautiful poetry and prose!

@AmyG thank you my friend!!! Thoughtful and perfect ❤️ I‘m so glad to have this book and really appreciate that you chose to send it to me ❤️

Hahah now that‘s just rude. (Look at the underlined bit)

Needed to post the review for my final May read. I finished right before I fell asleep, spurred along by the #authoramonth challenge. So glad that I did!
I loved the lyrical format. It created a dreamlike feeling for this autobiographical work. Quick read. Haunting. Hopeful. My heart was touched by Jackie‘s story.
So happy for her success!
@Soubhiville

I did manage to read three of Jacqueline Woodson‘s books for #authoramonth ! #AAMJW #jacquelinewoodson @Soubhiville