![]() ![]() What she really wants and needs is a best friend, and there don't appear to be any takers in her new school. She's a third grader with "wild-crazy hair" and who happens to be "skinnier than half a toothpick." She's also brilliant and fun, but Dyamonde Daniel has a definite problem on her hands. Let's see, books by Ann Cameron, Karen English, and now Nikki Grimes. Sadly, of these books I could probably count on one hand the number of early chapter readers that star characters that are contemporary African-Americans. So when I find a good one I latch onto it my teeth, lock my jaw, and don't let go. For those kids transitioning from early readers to 200+ page tomes, early chapter books are hugely important. You'd think they were printed on pages of silver and gold the way publishers dole them out on their lists. ![]()
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