Theme Unit Annotated Bibliography Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen New York: Bantam, 1993 Amper, Thomas. Booker T. Washington. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 1998. This is a well-written children’s book. It tells of Washington’s deep desire to know how to read and it illustrates the lengths he went to to be educated. Chaikin, Miriam. A Nightmare in History. New York: Clarion, 1987. This is a chapter book with great photographs of Jewish concentration camps in Germany and those who suffered through them. This book would be an excellent source to use when discussing prejudice. Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of Impossible Goodbyes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. This novel would be a good trade book to use during a discussion of surviving the violence prejudice judgments cause. It tells of how a little girl copes with the Russians and Japanese invasions of Korea. Drucker, Malka. Jacob’s Rescue. New York: Bantam, 1993. Another novel that discusses elements of survival and prejudice. It tells of the story of a Jewish boy surviving WWII. Girard, Linda Walvoord. Young Frederick Douglass: The Slave Who Learned to Read. Morton Grove: Albert Whitman, 1994. This children’s book tells in depth, how a young slave learned to read. It would be an excellent resource in discussing slave efforts to read.
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Kaplan, William. One More Border. Toronto: Groundwood, 1998. Written as a children’s book, this true story tells of one Jewish family’s escape from wartorn Europe. On alternating pages, real photographs feature true facts about the journey this family took across Russia, Japan, and Canada. Miller, William. Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery. New York: Lee and Low, 1995. In this children’s book, Frederick Douglass is seen as a paralleling person to John, the slave in Nightjohn. They have many of the same experiences. Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker. New York: Philomel, 1998. This is a darling children’s book with excellent illustrations telling a story of how a little girl hated school because she couldn’t read. Finally, a new teacher, Mr. Falker took the time to show her what her grandpa always told her, “Reading is sweet, like honey.” Roberts, Jack L. Booker T. Washington: Educator and Leader. Brookfield: The Millbrook Press, 1995. This children’s book has wonderful photographs of Washington. It tells of how he became a great success after teaching himself to read. Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Toms Cabin. New York: Modern Library, 1996. This is a novel written during the time of slavery about slavery. It is a classic that could be used throughout the study of slavery, prejudice, and survival. Welch, Catherine A. Children of the Relocation Camps. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 2000. This book has photographs of the Japanese people in America who were sent to live in relocation camps during WWII. This is a story of prejudice in modern America.
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