A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
Horace Pippin loved to draw when he was a child, using whatever materials he had... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
- Disability
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,720
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 156052
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States
- Painters
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- African American painters
- Pippin, Horace
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Art
- African American painters--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Painters--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Melissa Sweet about A Splash of Red
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Melissa Sweet
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jen Bryant
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Discussion Guide from Random House
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Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
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Book Readings 1
Complete Video Reading narrated by Jen Bryant
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 6

Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2014

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2021
Winner, 2014

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2014

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2013
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