Subject Headings for African-American Materials Book

Neat idea. I wonder if there are similar projects for other popular authors or series.

I like the game/bulletin board project "Who might say it?" A winner would be the one who both read the most books and remembered them best. A sample question that I'd submit would be "I know I mustn't pull those curls, but oh, boing-boing!" (The game could be adapted to play with family on a road trip about famous ppl & characters, or end-of-year class party about classmates, too. I wonder if I could talk my family into playing....)

I like the exercise for Runaway Ralph, the story in which the young mouse explores independence. It has a list of characters to match up with a list of situations in which Ralph got stuck. Many times, a situation was one he could not get out of himself, and so needed help from another character. Everyone needs a helping hand sometimes.

Many of the activities and projects assume that children have read, and kept straight, many of the books. But maybe they could be done in teams. Some of the best projects are focused on just one title or short series, though. So I do recommend educators look over the book even if they're only reading a couple of titles with their students.

OpenLibrary's copy is legible, but faint. I'm only skimming, so I'm not rating it.
July 2021