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Black Cat
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Black Cat
by Christopher Myers and Christopher MyersAward-winning illustrator Myers follows an intrepid black cat which wanders the streets, alleys, subways, and ledges of a dark and varied city. Accompanying the journey is a free verse that both celebrates the urban adventurer and asks, "Where is your home? Where do you go?" Coretta Scott King Honor Book, ALA Notable Children's Book, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the Year, Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book, Parenting
$16.95
Hardcover Book | Grades Pre-K-3
Grades Pre-K-3 $16.95
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Black Cat
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Black Cat
Award-winning illustrator Myers follows an intrepid black cat which through an ingenious tour of the urban landscape, as he wanders the streets, alleys, subways and ledges of a dark and varied city. Accompanying the journey is a free verse that both celebrates the urban adventurer and asks "Where is your home?"
Use this book to teach the trait: Sentence Fluency
$5.99
Paperback Book | Grades 3-5
Grades 3-5 $5.99
Interest Level:
2-4
Grade Level Equivalent:
2.6
Guided Reading Level:
J
Age:
6-10
Genre:
Poetry
Subject:
City Life
black cat, black cat, cousin to the concrete creeping down our city streets
where do you live, where will we meet?
Christopher Myers' read-aloud hip-hop poem and arresting collage artwork invite readers on an eye-opening journey from a stray cat's perspective as it searches for a home.
Through pulsating city streets, "black cat" dances to the banging beats of passing jeeps, tiptoes across bodega lights, edges over rooftops to sun-soaked tar beaches, and ultimately shows readers what it means to find a place of their own.
A book layered with meaning about identity, place, and the inherent beauty of all cities, Black Cat leaps over book-making boundaries and proves once again that offering up new ways of seeing the world is what makes this hot young artist most at home.
