Looking Like Me
by Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers
26 Total Resources 2 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-8
- Genre
- Poetry
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 563
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 134434, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Individuality
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction
- Harlem
- New York (State)
- Individuality--Fiction
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Families
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Family life--New York (State)--Harlem--Fiction
Our Original Resources 7
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Christopher Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Christopher Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 13
Meet-the-Author Movie with Walter Dean Myers
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Scholastic
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by New York Public Library
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by NPR
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by StoryCorps
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Huffington Post - Earl Martin Phalen
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by PBS
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Library of Congress
Children’s Literature Legacy Award Speech given by Christopher Myers on behalf of Walter Dean Myers
Created by Association for Library Service to Children - ALSC
Interview with Walter Dean Myers
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Christopher Myers
Created by Publishers Weekly
Interview with Christopher Myers
Created by Publishers Weekly KidsCast
Guest Post by Christopher Myers
Created by Horn Book
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Dion Graham and Quincy Tyler Bernstine
Created by Live Oak Media
Awards & Distinctions 2
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2010
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