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Ms. Switch
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Ms. Switch asked in Arts & HumanitiesBooks & Authors · 1 decade ago

Gift for advanced reader?

I'm looking for a book to give as a gift to a first-grader with advanced reading skills. I would like something with enough pictures to keep it interesting for her and vocabulary that will challenge her a little.

I would prefer stories about African or African-American characters, or at least with a good diversity. It would be great to find someting that she would want to keep, rather than outgrow...

Thanks in advance!

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  • laney_po
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    There are many African-American folklore collections and they are usually illustrated as well. Virginia Hamilton comes to mind. She had many collections published.

    In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World (Paperback) by Virginia Hamilton, Barry Moser

    The People Could Fly: The Picture Book (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) (Hardcover)

    by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon (Illustrator), Diane Phd Dillon (Illustrator)

    Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom by Virginia Hamilton, Leo Dillon, and Diane Phd Dillon

    A Ring of Tricksters : Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, And Africa by Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser

    One-Hundred-and-One African-American Read-Aloud Stories (Hardcover)

    by Susan Kantor

    Um Hmm: A Feast of African American Stories, Songs, & Poems (Secrets of the World) by Ysaye Barnwell

    What's the Hurry, Fox?: And Other Animal Stories by Zora Neale Hurston and Bryan Collier

    And for a great picture book, I love Patricia McKissack's Goin' Someplace Special.

  • duckgirl566
    1 decade ago

    A great book for an advanced first grader? Try Arthur chapter books. In first grade my teacher let only the best readers in the class read these (at the time) challenging stories. The variety of characters makes for some diversity issues on a first-grader's level.

    She'll feel smart and confident when reading these books, so they would be a great gift!

    Source(s): http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.j...
  • Yuuko
    1 decade ago

    Holes, Junie B. Jones collection. More advanced: A series of Unfortuate Events.

  • fancyname
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Go to BArnes and Noble or Borders and look at their childrens sections of books. There are glorious books. In my mind I would give her something beautifully illustrated even if its beyond her reading level, such as Dinotopia.

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  • waitingforsnow
    1 decade ago

    Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn

  • Bethany
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    The Black Snowman.

    Chicken Sunday, by Patricia Polacco.

    The talking eggs.

    Email me and I'll create a list for you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Check out the website nationalgeographic.com for kids. They always have something interesting or maybe Discovery.com for kids. Good fortune to you.

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