How Do You Spell Unfair?: MacNolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison
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- 1-6
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2023
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 840L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Phonics & Phonolgical Awareness
- Any Vowel Sounds
- Short E
- R-Controlled
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Race discrimination--United States--Juvenile literature
- National Spelling Bee--Juvenile literature
- Racism against Black people
- Filles noires ame?ricaines--Biographies--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- Race discrimination
- Spelling bees--United States--Juvenile literature
- Spelling bees
- Racism against Black people--United States--Juvenile literature
- Award winners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Orthographe--Concours--E?tats-Unis--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- African American girls--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Cox, MacNolia--Juvenile literature
- African American students--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Racisme a? l'e?gard des personnes noires--E?tats-Unis--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
- National Spelling Bee
- African American students
- African American girls
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- Sora New Releases Aug 23-Jul 24 Elem.
- BCALA Best of the Best 2023, PreK-4th
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Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
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Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts Award, 1997-2024
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Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books, 2013-2023
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SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2023
Selection, 2023
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Biography Selection, 2023
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