Walking the Log |
Publication Information
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Author: Nickens, Bessie |
Illustrator: Nickens, Bessie |
Title: Walking the Log |
Date: 1994 |
Publisher: Rizzoli |
City: New York |
ISBN, paperback: 0-8448-1794-6 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
Yes |
Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
biography and autobiography, nonfiction, memoirs/reminiscences
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HSE Descriptor(s):
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Summary: |
The author paints scenes and reminisces about her childhood in the turn of the century South. The books contains information about daily life, work (especially picking cotton), childhood games, family values, and the author's life long interest in art. There is a glossary of terms. |
Teaching Ideas: |
What a wonderful introduction to family history. The readers get two stories in one. Not only does the author share her childhood through paintings and text, but she tells how she developed as an artist. Learners may want to make their own books using family photographs. Because the text reads like an oral history, students might like to develop a list of the characteristics that make it sound like storytelling. Compare it with Miss Rumphius. Mary Lyon's Starting Home provides information about primitive art that might be useful. |
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