Islandborn
by Junot Diaz and Leo Espinosa
25 Total Resources 5 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
Year Published 2018
Word Count 2,017
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 600L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 194007
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Caribbean & Latin America
- Immigrants
- Schools
- Dominican Republic
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Islands--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Islands
- Dominican Americans
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Dominican Americans--Fiction
- History
- Schools--Fiction
- Dominican Republic--History--1930-1961--Fiction
- 1930-1961
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Africa--Emigration and immigration--Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- BER: What's New 2018: Top 100 Books
- New Books and Resources Too! K-6
- BER: What's New 2018: Top 100 Books
- Latinx and Latin American Elementary
- Afro-Latinx Titles
- What's New 2018: Top 100 Books- BER
- Diverse Lit Kits, K-3
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD Child
- Reading Colors Your World: iREAD PreK
- Juvenile Fiction
Our Original Resources 6
Meet-the-Author Recording with Leo Espinosa about Islandborn
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Leo Espinosa
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
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View Comprehensive Text Complexity Measures
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Leo Espinosa
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 7
Meet-the-Author Recording with Leo Espinosa
Created by TeachingBooks
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by NPR
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by Washington Post
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by The Harvard Crimson
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by Penguin Kids
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by CBS News
Interview with Junot Diaz
Created by Los Angeles Times
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 9
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Teaching Ideas from Unleashing Readers
Created by Unleashing Readers
Teaching Ideas from Classroom Bookshelf
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Lesson Ideas from Responsive Reads
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Extension Ideas from Books 4 Learning
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Activity Ideas from Crayon Freckles
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Teaching Ideas from Bloomsbury USA
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Teaching Ideas from Library Lessons
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Junot Diaz
Created by Books On TapeŽ / Listening Library
Awards & Distinctions 5
Américas Award, 1993-2020
Winner, 2019
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2020
Illustrator Honor, 2019
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2019
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Multicultural Selection, 2018
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