
With the focus on an array of time periods in American history, this book is definitely one of my favorite narrative nonfiction books for 5th grade. Publishing her first novel back in 2006, Cynthia Lord would begin her literary career with the book ‘Rules,’ which would be a stand-alone. Evans vividly recall America’s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make it up the hill and make her voice heard. How can they fit in when he doesnt understand the rules Buy the book.

Veteran bestselling picture-book author Jonah Winter and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Her brothers autism challenges Catherines ideas of what it means to have a normal life. caregivers of children, reading the books listed on this site with your children. Say thank you when someone gives you a present (even if you dont like it). And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery. If the bathroom door is closed, knock (especially if Catherine has a friend over).

She sees her parents trying to register to vote. Rules By: Cynthia Lord Narrated by: Jessica Almasy Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins 4.5 (891 ratings) Try for 0. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather voting for the first time. An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Īs Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky-she sees her family’s history.
