Title: Dave the Potter
Author: Laban Carrick Hill
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Genre: Historical Fiction
Sub genre: Biography
Theme: Slavery, African American Culture
Characters: Dave
Awards: Coretta Scott King, Caldecott Honor
Publishing Date: 2010
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Summary: Dave is an African American slave who works hard all day and escapes to his pottery wheel at the end of the day. Dave uses his creative mind to escape from reality in what little free time he has. His specialty was making pots, and he used them for many things. Dave has confidence in his work which you can see by the detail that the book has when it describes his love for pottery.
This book would be good for a supplement to black history month. It is a great supplement to a history lesson about slavery to give the students a real-life application of what they are learning in history. This will get students engaged in learning and interest them in the unit.
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