Coretta Scott King Award Book Club discussion

Starting to look ahead - here are some books that might be considered.

Before I Leave written and illustrated by Jessixa Bagley
"How do you say goodbye to your best friend?"
Age Range: 5 - 7 years
Grade Level: Kindergarten - 2

The Dead Bird , illustrated by Christian Robinson (Last Stop on Market Street), written by Margret Wise Brown (Goodnight Moon)
"One day, the children find a bird lying on its side with its eyes closed and no heartbeat. They are very sorry, so they decide to say good-bye. In the park, they dig a hole for the bird and cover it with warm sweet-ferns and flowers. Finally, they sing sweet songs to send the little bird on its way."
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3

Another book.graphic/graphic novel/comic book to look at is Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet> by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Marvel.

Here is a great review by Ty Burr of the Boston Globe:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/book...

Marvel had pushed their media for years to be inclusive of their readers. (see the new Spiderman series also - I will add addition notes on that one later.)

More on the Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet> by Ta-Nehisi Coates,

Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Challenges of Writing Marvel's Black Panther:
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/inde...

and from the Guardian -
Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther review – a promising, subversive start http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016...

Are there any chapter books out besides Booked? I'm trying to round up some ideas for summer reading, and that's the only one I've seen for 2016.

Still looking for chapter books. Maybe I'll check out Black Panther.

Phil,
I am reading the old Black Panther series both for interest and to examine how the story and characters have changed from the late 90s to today. I have the first volume but my local library also carries the older series in collected volume sets.

I have timed out for a few month looking at k-5 books but now coming back to middle school and young adult books.

Ghost all the way!