Interest Level
Grades 3 - 5
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 4.5
Lexile Measure®: Not Available
DRA: 40
Guided Reading: R
Genre
- Poetry and Rhymes
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- African American History
- Literature
- Literature Appreciation
- City Life
- African American
- Music
- Visual Arts
Reading Quiz Programs
About This Book
Father and son celebrate a rich and vibrant neighborhood that has been a historic center of African-American culture in New York City. Walter Dean Myers gives poetry a jazz backbeat to tell Harlem's story.About the Authors or Illustrators
Walter Dean Myers is the beloved and outstanding author of such children's and young adult books as Fallen Angels, Somewhere in the Darkness, Slam!, and Harlem, among many more. His many awards include two Newbery Honors, five Coretta Scott King Awards, and the Michael J. Printz Award.
Learn about award-winning children's book illustrator Christopher Myers. The first book Meyers illustrated was Shadow of the Red Moon.
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