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Renée Watson

Autor de Piecing Me Together

26+ Obras 4,364 Miembros 191 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

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Incluye los nombres: Renée Watson, Renée Watson

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Obras de Renée Watson

Obras relacionadas

Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America (2019) — Contribuidor — 529 copias
The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love, and Truth (2020) — Contribuidor — 178 copias
The Other F Word: A Celebration of the Fat and Fierce (2019) — Contribuidor — 106 copias

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Conocimiento común

Nombre canónico
Watson, Renée
Fecha de nacimiento
1978-07-29
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Paterson, New Jersey, USA

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Born on the Water is a beautiful book! The illustrations capture the content, tone, and emotions of the poetry so well. I thought the introduction to slavery and its trauma is honest, but sensitive to young readers. The accurate portrayal of the West African societies from which slaves were kidnapped gives all young readers, but especially young African American readers, an important context for those captured into slavery and the cultural influences seen among enslaved people in the United States and their descendants. This book also celebrates the determination, strength, and resilience of African Americans to create new lives out of such tragedy. Both authors note that they want African American readers to come away empowered and to reflect about their roots -- reading this book is a wonderful way to start such reflection.

I also see this book as important resource for teachers to use in the classroom, offering all students to reflect on the consequences of slavery in the United States, Black resistance and civil rights, and what it means to call oneself "American".
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AnnesLibrary | 22 reseñas más. | Jan 28, 2024 |
I liked this book, although I did skim through the middle. It is not a dramatic feeling book, although it could have been, based on the plot points. Good for teens who like realistic fiction with no love drama.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 56 reseñas más. | Jan 13, 2024 |
This book has an old fashioned, well manned protagonist that feels refreshing and simple and good. Were it not for the descriptions of lynchings and police murders, this book would be easy to fit on a list of books for sheltered children. It is full of the religious optimism of its adolescent main character Betty. the writing was very good, full of rich descriptive passages.
 
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mslibrarynerd | 13 reseñas más. | Jan 13, 2024 |
I had not heard of this book until my library added it to their digital collection. I'm so glad I stumbled across it! The audiobook was read beautifully by the author herself, and the writing was so poetic.
 
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Dances_with_Words | 56 reseñas más. | Jan 6, 2024 |

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Obras
26
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Miembros
4,364
Popularidad
#5,750
Valoración
4.1
Reseñas
191
ISBNs
131
Idiomas
2
Favorito
1

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