Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Contributor(s): Beaty, Daniel (Author), Collier, Bryan |
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ISBN: 0316209171 ISBN-13: 9780316209175 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2012043088 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 4-7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: PreK-2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 500 AD (Adult Directed Text) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 11" L (1.05 lbs) 40 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem - Ethnic Orientation - African American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, Winner, Illustrator, 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, Honor Book, Picture Book, 2014 Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up), Silver Medal Winner, Picture Book, 2013 Cybils, Finalist, Fiction Picture Book, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Review Citations: School Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 76 Publishers Weekly 10/14/2013 Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013 Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2013 pg. 73 Booklist 11/01/2013 pg. 84 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2014 pg. 256 New York Times Book Review 02/16/2014 pg. 16 New York Times Book Review 02/23/2014 pg. 22 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 - Superior,Well Above Average | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 163083 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
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Publisher Description: Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams. |
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