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The Year We Learned to Fly
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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"By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world"--
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Sagei.9
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

“Nobody can ever cuff your beautiful and brilliant mind”

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Sagei.9
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

I love the character design in this book! The characters have so much personality and are so cute.

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Sagei.9
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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This book has beautiful use of color and endearing character design (with soft shapes, no harsh lines, and harmonious color palettes). It had multiple important messages regarding emotional well-being, slavery, and the Black history of resilience. It is inspired by The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton.

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madsfisher0531
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

“So our people learned to fly, she said“

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madileach
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

“So like the people who came before us, we lifted our arms even higher, closed our eyes even tighter, breathed in even deeper, and flew the ways we'd always known how to“

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madileach
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

I would use this book in my classroom to help my students think outside the box. I think this book would also be good to highlight during Black history month.

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madsfisher0531
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

I would use this book in my classroom to help my students think outside the box. I think this book would also be good to highlight during Black history month.

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madileach
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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Picture Book- The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson was written in 2022. This was a story of 2 young children who “learn to fly“ when they were bored one day. The children are always the vocal point, they are composed of simple designs with bright colors. This story also references times of slavery within the words and the drawings. The illustrator captures the past in dark colors but also warm colors when they “learned to fly“.

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madsfisher0531
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson was written in 2022. This was a story of 2 young African American children who “learn to fly“ when they were bored one day. The children are always the vocal point, they are composed of simple designs with bright colors. This story also references times of slavery within the words and the drawings. The illustrator captures the past in dark colors but also warm colors when they “learned to fly“.

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lilliangermaine
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

“Lift your arms, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and believe in a thing.“

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lilliangermaine
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

I would use this book in my classroom to help my students think outside the box. I think this book would also be good to highlight during Black history month.

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lilliangermaine
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson was written in 2022. This was a story of 2 young African American children who “learn to fly“ when they were bored one day. The children are always the vocal point, they are composed of simple designs with bright colors. This story also references times of slavery within the words and the drawings. The illustrator captures the past in dark colors but also warm colors when they “learned to fly“.

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jdowney
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

“…nobody can ever cuff your beautiful and brilliant mind.”

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jdowney
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

I like the message in this book that someone, somewhere has gone through what you‘re dealing with, and that they figured it out. It is encouraging. I also love the power of imagination.

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jdowney
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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Published 2022. In this story, a grandmother shares a valuable skill with her grandchildren. She tells them how they can close their eyes, lift their arms, and use their imaginations to fly away. They learn to use their imaginations and to realize that before them, someone has experienced and figured out what they are going through. The illustrations are colorful and embody imagination.

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MaddieBrown3
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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Date Read: 8-31-22
Name of Award (if applicable): 2020 Schneider Family Book Award
Purpose of Award (if applicable): This award is that is for an author or illustrator for showing the expression of disability that a child may experience
Title of Book : The Year We Learned to Fly
Author of Book: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator (if applicable): Rafael Lòpez
Date of Publication: January 4, 2022

MaddieBrown3 Genre: Fiction
Brief Summary: This book was about creativity and thinking out of the box. Allowing yourself that when you are stuck that you should let your mind set free. It talks about creativity and allowing yourself to express yourself. (Good to talk about the pandemic)
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Hcecrle
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

This is a very current picture book that brings hope to how our future is changing day by day. The girl in the story is inspired by her grandmother to be free and live out her dreams. The story is very uplifting and influences readers to be who they want to be and not let people or things hold them back. I would definitely use this in my classroom!

Hcecrle -#1 New York Times bestseller 2y
Hcecrle Published in 2022 2y
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maggiedesantis
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

Summary: Two siblings who live in the city and are stuck inside and they use their imagination to cure their boredom. Their grandmother talks about the importance of freedom to them.
Awards won: Schneider Family Book Award
Purpose of Award: Book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrator: Rafael López
Date of publication: 2022
Genre: Picture Book

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Jburns13
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson

A story about intergeneration and freedom of a young girl and her family. Her and her brother live in an apartment building and one day they want to play outside but can't because of the rain. They venture out and use their big and wild imaginations to escape the boredom of being inside and the rainy weather. Together they can imagine anything and be anything they want if they put their minds to it.

Jburns13 Published: January 4, 2022

Author: Jacqueline Woodson

Illustrator: Rafael Lopez

Genre: Children's Literature, Fiction

Awards: Schneider Family Book Award in 2020.

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Jordan1201
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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The Year We Learned to Fly is a children‘s picture book by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by Rafael Lopez won the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award and was published on January 4th, 2022. It is a The book is about two siblings who live in the city and are bored. They use their imagination to escape their boredom with their imagination. The book starts off with their grandmother emphasizing the importance of freedom.

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Brandy522
The Year We Learned to Fly | Jacqueline Woodson
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Illustrated by: Rafael Lopez
Publication: January 4th, 2022
Summary: This book is about two siblings who live in the city and are bored. They use their imagination to escape their boredom with their imagination. The book starts off with their grandmother emphasizing the importance of freedom.

Brandy522 Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: fiction picture book
Awards: Schneider Family Book Award
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sherrisilvera
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Beautiful in every single way - the words, the illustrations, the tone, the message....everything!

"Sometimes the first step towards change is closing our eyes, taking a breath, and imagining a different way." - from the author's note. ❤

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megnews
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“Sometimes the first step toward change is closing your eyes, taking a breath, and imagining a different way.”
Loved the story and illustrations, especially that they‘re reading Woodson‘s The Day You Begin!

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