The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2020
Word Count 1,424
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 830L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 507316
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Illiterate persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Walker, Mary
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969--Juvenile literature
- Literacy
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Literacy--United States--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - General
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Illiterate persons
- Freedmen
- Slaves--United States--Biography
- Women slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Women slaves
- Slaves
- Freedmen--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969
Our Original Resources 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Oge Mora
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Authors 5
Audio Name Pronunciation with Oge Mora
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 4
Guest post by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Created by Beth Anderson
Interview with Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Created by Chapter 16
Interview with Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Created by Writers' Rumpus
Interview with Oge Mora
Created by Mackin Community
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Educator's Guide from Penguin Random House
Created by Penguin Random House
Activities from Beth Anderson
Created by Beth Anderson
Book Readings 1
Video Book Reading narrated by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Created by Random House Kids
Awards & Distinctions 10
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Biography Selection, 2021
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2021
Notable Books for a Global Society, 1996-2021
Selection, 2021
Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Commended, 2021
Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2021
Selection, 2021
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Character Building Selection, 2020
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2020
Selection, 2020
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2020
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