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Understanding the world

Great nonfiction has a sense of wholeness—a connecting thread that helps children to understand their world better.

Excerpt from "Peace, Locomotion"

Woodson reads from her book Peace, Locomotion. The book is written as a series of letters from a brother to his sister, while they are living apart.

Yummm! Mmmm! Que Rico!

Rafael describes illustrating Pat Mora’s haikus about foods of the Americas in Yummm! Mmmm! Que Rico!, and discusses one of his favorite illustrations in the book.

Peer power

Miller believes that children need to build a reading community of their own with their peers and independently.

Words they can relate to

Walter Dean Myers explains why he thinks African-American readers relate so well to his books.

Hands-on

The only drawings that Chris Van Allsburg did in art school were of his sculptures.

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