New Year Be Coming! |
Publication Information
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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:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
nonfiction, poetry
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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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