Angel to Angel
Publication Information
Author:  Myers, Walter Dean	Illustrator:
Title:  Angel to Angel	Date:  1998
Publisher:  HarperCollins	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-06-027721-1	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    photographic essay, easy reading, poetry
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
The author-poet celebrates mothers in this collection of poems illustrated by archival photographs of African American families.
Teaching Ideas:
This book joins others by Myers that are illustrated with old photographs that stimulate students to write about family. Perhaps learners could bring in photographs of their families to write about. The poems lend themselves to choral reading, Readers' Theater and other response strategies.
Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
Ethnic Groups > African-American Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > joy Family > children Family > mothers > mother-child relationships Family > parent > parenting Family > family heritage

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