About this title: With this poem from her first collection of poetry, renowned poet Shange evokes names that are associated with one of the most influential cultural movements of the 20th century--the Harlem Renaissance. Full color.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 01/2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2004-01-06
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2004-01-06
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
Description: Kadir Nelson, Illustrator. Fine in Fine jacket. 1st printing, light ding to front cover upper edge otherwise this hardback book and dust jacket in new condition, no remainder marks, handsome artwork. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
Description: ISBN 0-689-82884-5. Hardback. First Printing thus. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 30. In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home & the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there, including Duke Ellington, Paul Robeson & W.E.B. DuBois. These men of vision lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend, & even where they could sit on a bus or in a movie theater. Yet in the face of this tremendous ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
Description: Nelson, Kadir. New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. 40 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2004-01-01
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780689828843ISBN:0689828845
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"4-7 Although this book is considered a children book, the children reading it would probably like prior background knowledge of the characters. After skimming through the biographies in the back, that explained things for me a bit better. Although the text was not that great for me (but it had great meaning) the artwork was great. A nice array of colors and the medium the illustrator used made it look so lifelike! This book would be appealing in the upper elementary grades, only after introducing the characters of the book. History/Language Arts Students could write a poem on someone influential in their lives."
"Ellington Was Not a Street Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
K-4th grade
The illustrations done by Kadir Nelson are realistic and look like paintings. Nelson captures details in clothing and facial expression while using soft lines and an earthy color palette. Shange uses minimal text on each page that is enclosed in a box. The text is sparse, and the illustrations cover the full page. The illustrations look like family photographs capturing warm memories of social gatherings inside a home. The story tells the author's memories of the various prominent figures in African-American history that made visits to her home such as "Robeson no mere memory" and "Du Bois walked up my father's stairs." This is a great book to use during African-American History month and can be used to teach children about various prominent figures in African American history.
Language Arts/Social Studies
This book can be used to introduce a lesson about prominent figures in African-American history. Students can be assigned a group project in which they gather information about one of the prominent people mentioned in the book and give a presentation on what that person's contributions were in African-American history."
"Ellington Was Not a Street, by Ntozake Shange, is a unique tribute to various African American men who have made a difference over the years. In the story, incorporates inspirational men from Dr. Kwame Kkrumah, the President of Ghana, to John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. An adorable little girl brings us into her home as she remembers these influential men of her childhood. We feel the love she has for her father and can identify the important impact that these famous men had on her life; how they were able to "change the world."
I was extremely impressed by this book. I thought that the images by Kadir Nelson were warm and inviting. They helped me to feel the fondness and importance of the main characters childhood memories. I also thought that the book was a wonderful way to introduce African American culture to children from various cultural backgrounds. In the end of the book, there are two pages discussing each of the men mentioned in the story. If I were teaching this book to my class, I think that this insert would be incredibly useful in terms of introducing my students to names that they may never have heard before. It is no wonder why Ellington Was Not a Street is a winner of the Coretta Scott King Award!"
"Very different than the usual children's lit. out there because of the focus on the Af-American community as it was not as it is. Liked it a lot--the illustrations are superb and the verse is complimentary to them."
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