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Jacqueline Woodson

Forfatter af Brown Girl Dreaming

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Jacqueline Woodson was born in Columbus, Ohio on February 12, 1963. She received a B.A. in English from Adelphi University in 1985. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a drama therapist for runaways and homeless children in New York City. Her books include The House You Pass on the vis mere Way, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, Lena, and The Day You Begin. She won the Coretta Scott King Award in 2001 for Miracle's Boys. After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way won Newbery Honors. Brown Girl Dreaming won the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award in 2015. Her other awards include the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She was also selected as the Young People's Poet Laureate in 2015 by the Poetry Foundation. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Serier

Værker af Jacqueline Woodson

Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) 4,278 eksemplarer
Locomotion (2003) 2,285 eksemplarer
The Other Side (2001) 2,053 eksemplarer
Feathers (2007) 1,835 eksemplarer
The Day You Begin (2018) 1,682 eksemplarer
Each Kindness (2012) 1,663 eksemplarer
Red at the Bone (2019) 1,311 eksemplarer
Another Brooklyn (2016) 1,300 eksemplarer
If You Come Softly (1998) 1,073 eksemplarer
Miracle's Boys (2000) 1,051 eksemplarer
Coming On Home Soon (2004) 997 eksemplarer
Hush (2002) 910 eksemplarer
Show Way (2005) 812 eksemplarer
After Tupac and D Foster (2008) 805 eksemplarer
Harbor Me (2018) 619 eksemplarer
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This (1994) 507 eksemplarer
Visiting Day (2002) 505 eksemplarer
Before the Ever After (2020) 444 eksemplarer
Pecan Pie Baby (2010) 432 eksemplarer
Peace, Locomotion (2009) 420 eksemplarer
Beneath a Meth Moon (2012) 391 eksemplarer
Last Summer with Maizon (1990) 368 eksemplarer
From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun (1995) 367 eksemplarer
The House You Pass on the Way (1997) 360 eksemplarer
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past (1998) 307 eksemplarer
The Year We Learned to Fly (2022) — Forfatter — 284 eksemplarer
Behind You (2004) 278 eksemplarer
Our Gracie Aunt (2002) 177 eksemplarer
Lena (1999) 157 eksemplarer
Maizon at Blue Hill (1992) 150 eksemplarer
Sweet, Sweet Memory (2000) 126 eksemplarer
The Dear One (1991) 122 eksemplarer
Between Madison and Palmetto (1993) 117 eksemplarer
The World Belonged to Us (2022) 95 eksemplarer
Autobiography of a Family Photo (1995) 86 eksemplarer
The Book Chase (1750) 69 eksemplarer
If You Come Softly / Behind You (2010) 32 eksemplarer
Remember Us (2023) 24 eksemplarer
Before Her (The One) (2019) 13 eksemplarer
Guys Read: The Distance (2012) 3 eksemplarer
De feu et d'or (2021) 1 eksemplar
IL PRIMO GIORNO 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) — Bidragyder — 793 eksemplarer
Flying Lessons and Other Stories (2017) — Bidragyder — 552 eksemplarer
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (2018) — Bidragyder — 354 eksemplarer
Places I Never Meant To Be: Original Stories by Censored Writers (1999) — Bidragyder — 314 eksemplarer
21 Proms (2007) — Bidragyder — 297 eksemplarer
The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves (2012) — Bidragyder — 252 eksemplarer
Women on Women: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction (1990) — Bidragyder — 244 eksemplarer
A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Bidragyder — 223 eksemplarer
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity (2009) — Bidragyder — 213 eksemplarer
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (2018) — Bidragyder — 212 eksemplarer
Guys Read: The Sports Pages (2012) — Bidragyder — 193 eksemplarer
Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Grade (1998) — Bidragyder — 180 eksemplarer
Sixteen: Stories About That Sweet and Bitter Birthday (2004) — Bidragyder — 162 eksemplarer
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (2018) — Bidragyder — 152 eksemplarer
Afrekete: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Writing (1995) — Bidragyder — 140 eksemplarer
Women on Women 2: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction (1993) — Bidragyder — 120 eksemplarer
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About the Future (1999) — Bidragyder — 119 eksemplarer
Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation (2017) — Bidragyder — 110 eksemplarer
The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope (2001) — Bidragyder — 89 eksemplarer
Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty (2007) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion (2000) — Bidragyder — 47 eksemplarer
Best African American Fiction (2009) (2009) — Bidragyder — 46 eksemplarer
Girls Got Game: Sports Stories and Poems (2001) — Bidragyder — 43 eksemplarer
Prejudice: A Story Collection (1995) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Black Silk: A Collection of African American Erotica (2002) — Bidragyder — 30 eksemplarer

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I feel like it'd be too much to say much after reading this middle grade novel-in-verse.

By turns, it's joyful, poignant, scary, heartbreaking, and hopeful, while being as altogether beautiful as the spot-on imagery depicting father-son love on the book cover.

I'm quite an American football fan, highly enjoyed the days when one of my family members played, and I've been watching the rule changes and new protocol coming to the game in recent years.

This book is a deftly resounding reminder of what the changes are for.… (mere)
 
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NadineC.Keels | 30 andre anmeldelser | Dec 4, 2023 |
Independent reading level: grades 1
 
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ashleywilliams23 | 2 andre anmeldelser | Dec 3, 2023 |
Independent Reading Level: Grades K-3
Honors/Awards: Jane Addams Peace Association
2019 Winner Book for Younger Children
2019 Floyd’s Pick Book Award Winner
 
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mkoch22103 | 160 andre anmeldelser | Nov 27, 2023 |
EducatingParents.org rating: Caution - Read With Care
Beautifully written and illustrated. Just be prepared to discuss the reason for the Great Migration
 
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Værker
53
Also by
30
Medlemmer
29,088
Popularitet
#686
Vurdering
4.2
Anmeldelser
2,969
ISBN
598
Sprog
10
Udvalgt
16
Trædesten
518

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