Book Detail

Knoxville, Tennessee

Publication Information
Author:  Giovanni, Nikki Illustrator:  Johnson, Larry
Title:  Knoxville, Tennessee Date:  1994
Publisher:  Scholastic City:  New York, NY
ISBN, paperback:  0-590-47074-4 ISBN, hardback:  

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

General Information:
Book Type(s):    poetry, easy reading, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading

Summary:
This brief and beautifully illustrated poem celebrates a young child's summer in Knoxville, TN.

Teaching Ideas:
Learners could compare the poem with illustrations to the poem without illustrations and reflect on the impact of the illustrations. The very simple text supported by illustrations makes this book an excellent choice for low-level readers. Choral reading or paired reading would work quite well. Students might write or tell "summer stories" from their own childhoods.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Ethnic Groups > African-American
bullet Family > children > childhood
bullet Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > summer
bullet Communities > rural > rural life
bullet Family > extended family
bullet Literature and Language > poetry


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