Jacqueline Woodson

B. Lewis has illustrated over seventy children’s books over the decades with brilliant artworks and watercolor images. Some of his great works are; Coming home soon wrote by Jacqueline Woodson, a story about a young girl and her grandmother that are separated from mama when she moves north to work during WWII (Tyson, 2009), My Best friend by Mary Ann Rodman which is a story about a young girl who tries hard to make friends with an older girl at the swimming pool (Tyson, 2009), and The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis this is a story about a boy that loves to play violin but his father is the coach of an all negro baseball team and he is forced to play on it (goodreads, 2007). Many of the books that Lewis illustrated for went on the win awards as…

The Breathtaking Brown Girl Dreaming Initially when I began Jacqueline Woodson 's Brown Girl Dreaming I wasn 't convinced her choice of writing style was for me. I didn 't fully grasp how an autobiography could be written in verse and still flow like a narrative. However, Woodson laid to rest any concerns or doubts I may have had prior to starting this delightful novel. I have never been one to avidly seek out memoirs; I get bored with them after only just beginning them. Brown Girl Dreaming is…

Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson- Rumination Essay “All the tear were jamming themselves together and pushing their way out”. In the book Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson, a main theme and occurrence is emotion, and showing emotions in both positive and negative ways. Although heavy emotions are often common in YA literature, they aren’t often portrayed in a positive way, which can actually have a negative effect on teens. This happens because people feel as though their emotions aren’t…

“What’s wrong with being confident?” -Demi Lovato. In the story The Other Side, by Jacqueline Woodson, Clover learns to have confidence in herself. Clover is a girl trying to find her way in a world where skin color determines everything. Towards the beginning of the story, Clover doesn’t have any confidence. As the story progresses, Clover starts to have confidence in what she does. By the time the story ends Clover has confidence in herself. In the beginning Clover doesn’t have confidence in…

something new from these special words, and it is meaning to enjoy reading. For example, readers can learn about discrimination against African American and a lawyer who tries to protect them. Though the reading story, each people feel differently even though they read same words. It means that people can learn different things from the same book. In English class, reading books and learning books are the most important tasks for students. In particular, books which students read in the English…

What a treat; I really enjoyed the event. I was skeptical about going because I did not read the book or have any background knowledge about the author, but in hindsight that did not matter. I was able to listen to relaxing jazz music, sing along with a great singer, and reminisce about my musical days. The incorporation of the black experience throughout the event was a fresh breath of air. I am an Africana Studies minor, so anything about the black experience has my attention! I appreciated…

By definition, a passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion. We live every day following a passion on guiding us to the necessary tools of daily motivation. Beginning off, I am passionate about learning and getting the proper education I need to further myself in life. Reason being, my mom, and dad had never been a “helicopter parent” when it came to grades; they would just look over my work, check in with me now and then to make sure I was doing what I am supposed to be doing.…

Fire Girl (Arnella) In the city of Boo York, there was this girl who was born with special power. But she kept it a secret from everyone, even her best friend. She used to think that if she tells her best friend about the secret that she keeps to herself, her friend will start to think that she is very weird and all of that stuff. But she…

Congratulations! You have found your voice. You found the confidence to leave a negative situation. It can only get better from here! This is the time to be your best self. After coming out of such a negative situation mine being bullying, I knew I never wanted anyone to go through what I did. I knew I wanted to give a voice to the voiceless. That is why I am sitting here typing up my story, just so I can help you. In order to make the best out of something negative, you must find your…

On September 16th, 2015 I went to Chippewa Elementary School in Holtsville, New York. I made an observation at the beginning of the day in Mrs. Carey’s Kindergarten class. The purpose of this observation is to observe and evaluate the human matters of sentiments, behaviors, standards and relationships between teachers and students within the classroom. When I first walk into the classroom it felt dreary due to the whole classroom having dark stained wood paneling on all walls, dark wooden…