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 Ellen's broom
 Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling

 Publisher:  Putnam (2012)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [32] p., col. ill., 27 cm.

 BTSB No: 591549 ISBN: 9780399250033
 Ages: 5-8 Grades: K-3

 Subjects:
 Marriage -- Fiction
 Brooms and brushes -- Fiction
 Slavery -- Fiction
 African Americans -- Fiction

Price: $6.50

Summary:
The broom hanging on the family's cabin wall is a special symbol of Ellen's parents' wedding during slave days, so she carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.

 Illustrator: Minter, Daniel


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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 4.50
   Points: .5   Quiz: 148129
Reading Counts Information:
   Interest Level: K-2
   Reading Level: 2.40
   Points: 2.0   Quiz: 56452

Awards:
 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2013

Common Core Standards 
   Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Key Ideas & Details
   Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Craft & Structure
   Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
   Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Key Ideas & Details
   Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
   Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
   Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Key Ideas & Details
   Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity
   Grade 2 → Reading → CCR College & Career Readiness Anchor Standards fo
   Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Key Ideas & Details
   Grade 3 → Reading → RL Literature → 3.RL Integration & Knowledge of Ideas

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (01/01/12)
   School Library Journal (01/01/12)
   Booklist (02/01/12)
 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (A) (03/12)

Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 01/01/2012 - Copyright 2012 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 02/01/2012 - Copyright 2012 Booklist.

Bulletin for the Center... - 03/01/2012 - Copyright 2012 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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