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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

GED Descriptor(s):    literature and arts

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
bullet Family > children
bullet Family > mothers > mother-child relationships
bullet Family > parent > parenting
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > joy
bullet Family > family heritage


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