Author: Joyce Carol Thomas
Title; The Blacker the Berry
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Readabilty Score: Kindergarten through Second grade
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Poems
Theme: Although ones skin can be different shades everyone has something that makes them precular and im portant
Primary and secondary characters: Young African American girls with different skin completions
Award(s) and date of publication: Corretta Scott-King Award Winner, New York Public Library's "Hundred Titles For Reading and Sharing", ALA Notable Children's Book, Kirkus Review Best Children's Book, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choice. Copyright 2008
Publishing company: HarperCollins
ISBN number: 978 0-06-025375
Summary and how it could be used in the classroom:
The Blacker the Berry is a poem book where young African American girls compare the color of their skin to different berries. The book is basically telling people that it really does not matter what color your skin is that your still African American and still as important as the darkest African American to the lightest. You do not have to be color struck just true to yourself because everyone is important.
This would be a great book to use to talk about how one feels about themselves in the world. Students could write a reflective poem on how the feel the world views them as well as how they view themselves.
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