Title: Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Author: Ashley Bryan
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Subgenre: Historical
Theme: Celebrate Spiritual Songs
Characters: African American Slave,
Awards: Coretta Scott King
Date of Publication: 2008
Publication Company: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Summary: The illustrations in this book are rendered with construction paper. The illustrator took three “Negro Spirituals” and captured their underlying meanings.
Use in Classroom: This book can be used as a read aloud book. The students can sing the hymns along with the teacher. The illustrations are amazing and all of the colors will grasp the students’ attention. Then the students can make illustrations of historical songs of their choice.
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