The Great American Dust Bowl
by Don Brown
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- Grade
- 3-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Graphic Novel
Year Published 2013
Word Count 2,619
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 860L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 160794, 0.5 AR Points
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- Subject Headings
- Droughts
- 20th century
- Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939--Juvenile literature
- Great Plains--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Depressions
- Historical comics
- Dust storms
- Nonfiction comics
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction
- Farm life--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
- Farmers--Great Plains--Social conditions--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Farmers--Great Plains--Social conditions--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Great Plains
- 1929
- Great Plains--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | General
- Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939--Comic books, strips, etc
- Young Adult Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - General
- Depressions--1929--Great Plains--Comic books, strips, etc
- Cartoons and comics
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters
- Depressions--1929--Great Plains--Juvenile literature
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences
- Farm life--Great Plains--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- History
- Farmers
- Social conditions
- Farm life
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Droughts--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- Great Plains--Social conditions--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc
- Dust storms--Great Plains--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Don Brown about The Great American Dust Bowl
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Don Brown
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 4
Meet-the-Author Recording with Don Brown
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Interview with Don Brown
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Author Note by Don Brown
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Interview with Don Brown
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Graphic Novel / Graphic Format Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2016
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Teacher's Guide from Indiana Library Federation
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Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Great Graphic Novels for Teens, 2007-2024
Commended, 2015
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Nonfiction Selection, 2014
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2024
Commended, 2014
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2014
Horn Book Fanfare, 2001-2023
Selection, 2013
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