| Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) Contributor(s): Beaty, Daniel (Author), Collier, Bryan |
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ISBN: 0316209171 ISBN-13: 9780316209175 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2012043088 |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.7" W x 11" (1.05 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 163083 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Medal and the Boston Horn Book Award A simple, powerful book for children, about an absent father and the love he leaves behind Every morning, I play a game with my father.He goes knock knock on my doorand I pretend to be asleeptill he gets right next to the bed.And my papa, he tells me, "I love you." But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams. |