Offer time for students to share a peer’s slice they loved. Take time with students to reflect on the stories they’ve written this month. If you choose to share this text with your class, check out my takeaways below to lead discussions related to the book.Įveryone has a story to tell, and writers are people who share these stories through written text.
Writing is hard work! I hope Abdul’s story can help the writers in your class persevere through the April challenge. (Oct.All writers experience failure and challenges, and many writers participating in the Classroom SOLSC could feel like Abdul. Author’s agent: Essie White, Storm Literary. Back matter includes author’s and illustrator’s notes. The resulting images-of contemporary community and historical figures united by a single painted white ribbon that soars from spread to spread-simultaneously emphasize a painful past, a tumultuous present, and a hopeful future, making for a tribute both sobering and jubilant. of changemakers and truth-tellers and the first ones to break through.” Shabazz ( Back in the Days, for adults) provides contemporary photographs to which fine artist Dougher contributes intricate mixed-media collage, gold leaf crowns, and portrayals of Black individuals across time in one spread, Assata Shakur, Sojourner Truth, and Malcolm X appear in the windows of a Black Wall Street building. Thompkins-Bigelow ( Abdul’s Story) pens a stirring free verse love letter to Black children and community, carrying readers through a range of experiences to be held tight or dismissed: “When happy things come to you,/ hold them close and never let go.” A lyrically wrought litany of things to retain includes “that one time when you just/ knew you had slam-dunked the sun,” the eyes of children and of elders, and moments of freedom and joy: “the stories the grown folks tell of your greatness.
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