Book Detail

New Year Be Coming!

Publication Information
Author:  Boling, Katharine Illustrator:  Minter, Daniel
Title:  New Year Be Coming! Date:  2002
Publisher:  Albert Whitman & Company City:  Morton Grove, IL
ISBN, paperback:  0-8075-5590-8 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, poetry

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
Through beautiful colored woodcuts and rhythmic gullah dialect, this book describes happenings for each month of the year in the South Carolina low country. A recipe, a glossary, and an introduction to the Gullah dialect are included. Some students might have difficulty reading the dialect.

Teaching Ideas:
The book could be paired with other "month by month" books to compare and contrast different cultures and how climate affects what people do. Learners will want to learn more about these interesting communities by checking the Internet: www.coastalguide.com/gullah; www.knowitall.org/gullahtales/. If available through the library, the film Daughters of the Dust beautifully portrays the Gullah communities at the turn of the century. Teachers may want to use the book to study comprehension through context. Students can guess the meaning of the Gullah phrases from context and then look them up in the glossary to check their understanding. Students might want to create a personal or class calendar book after comparing this book with the medieval setting in Til Year's End.

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bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Education > schools
bullet Geography > locations > U.S. states/regions > South Carolina
bullet Geography > regionalisms
bullet Literature and Language > dialect
bullet Science > meteorology > weather > seasons
bullet Science > biology > zoology > animal behavior > life cycles
bullet Communities > historical


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