A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet
28 Total Resources 9 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
- Disability
Year Published 2013
Word Count 1,720
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 610L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 156052, 0.5 AR Points
- 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
- Lists With This Book
- Black History 2014
- African American Experience
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Child
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Melissa Sweet about A Splash of Red
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Melissa Sweet
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jen Bryant
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 6
Audio Name Pronunciation with Melissa Sweet
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jen Bryant
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 8
Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Melissa Sweet
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Jen Bryant
Created by Two Writing Teachers
Interview with Melissa Sweet
Created by Two Writing Teachers
Interview with Jen Bryant
Created by Pat Mora
Seven Questions with Melissa Sweet
Created by Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Interview with Melissa Sweet
Created by Art of the Picture Book
Interview with Jen Bryant
Created by Jen Bryant
Interview with Jen Bryant
Created by Mackin Community
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Lesson Plan from Classroom Bookshelf
Created by Classroom Bookshelf
Book Readings 1
Complete Video Reading narrated by Jen Bryant
Created by Authors Everywhere
Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 9
Schneider Family Book Award, 2004-2021
Winner, 2014
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2022
Winner, 2014
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2021
Selection, 2013
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