Thursday, June 14, 2012

Picture Book 2 / Goin' Someplace Special


Title
Goin’ Someplace Special






Goin' Someplace Special 



Author
Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator
Jerry Pinkney
Publication Year
2001
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
ISBN
0-689-81885-8
Readability Score
(GLE =
Grade Level Equivalent)
Lexile
550L
DRA
28
GLE
3.3
Guided Reading
M
Genre /      Sub-Genre
Picture Book / General Fiction
Theme
Discrimination
Primary Character
Tricia Ann
Secondary Characters
Tricia’s Grandmother
Classroom Use
Culture and Diversity. Treat others the way you want to be treated
Book Summary
Tricia Ann wants to go to town by herself. She encounters several occasions where she is treated differently because of the color of her skin. She finally gets to where she is going and her skin color does not matter. Everyone is welcome to the Public Library.

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