Annotated Bibliography
Curtis, Christopher Paul. The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963. New York: Delacorte Press, 1995.
Annotation:
Christopher Paul Curtis’s, The Watsons go to Birmingham- 1963, is narrated by a fourth grade boy Kenny, who is the middle child of three. The story starts off with problems that …show more content…
160). This holds true within the category of Authentic Dialogue and Relationships that we witness in The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963. They have authentic familial relationships. While also embodying the culture of an African- American family in the civil rights era. …show more content…
160). Through reading the Matchbox Diary, the readers are given more of an understanding to part of Italian life. It helps us to understand real poverty, hunger, and even drought. The grandfather relates things that can tug at a small child’s heart like, “No wheat, no ran, no macaroni” (2013, p. 11). This relates to having rich detail. That even small children, or readers can embrace and understand.
Raven, Margot Theis. Circle Unbroken. New York: Melanie Croup Books, 2004.
Annotation:
Margot Theis Raven, Circle Unbroken, is a story that is narrated from a grandmother who is beginning to teach her granddaughter how to weave baskets. As she begins this teaching moment she sees the opportunity to tell her granddaughter about the heritage of their family who came from Africa and why they weave baskets hat can carry water within them. The story progresses from one generation to the next. Slowly showing of the culture with in the baskets. “The circle unbroken. And when your fingers talk just right that circle will o out and out again- past slavery and freedom, old ways and new, and your basket will hold the