Tea Cakes for Tosh
by Kelly Starling Lyons and E.B. Lewis
With her tea cakes, Tosh’s grandma Honey shares stories that always begin with... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2012
Word Count 744
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 156028
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Grandmothers
- Old age--Fiction
- Baking
- Old age
- Baking--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- African Americans
- Storytelling--Fiction
- Storytelling
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Depression & Mental Illness
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Kelly Starling Lyons about Tea Cakes for Tosh
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Audio Name Pronunciation with E.B. Lewis
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Kelly Starling Lyons
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from RIF Literacy Central
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Extension STEAM Activity Guide from RIF Literacy Central
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Discussion Guide from RIF Literacy Central
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Discussion Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
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Awards & Distinctions 3

Charlotte Zolotow Award, 1998-2020
Commended, 2013

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2013

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2013
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