Picture Book Month Day 26: Picture Books as Mentor Texts featuring WHEN MARIAN SANG

 

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WHEN MARIAN SANG: THE TRUE RECITAL OF MARIAN ANDERSON

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Illustrated by Brian Selznick

Scholastic, 2002

Summary:

WHEN MARIAN SANG is a biography featuring the life of African-American singer, Marian Anderson, a woman who broke barriers for African-Americans during the time of the Jim Crow laws.

Mentor Text Writing Skills:

* Word Choice

* Specificity

* Figurative Language

* Sensory Words

* Narrative Nonfiction

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