Becoming Billie Holiday
by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper
31 Total Resources 1 Awards 4 State Lists Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2008
Word Count 11,397
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 970L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 124496, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Music
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Novels in verse
- Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Young Adult Biography
- African Americans
- Holiday, Billie
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | Jazz
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Carole Boston Weatherford about Becoming Billie Holiday
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Floyd Cooper
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Carole Boston Weatherford
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Disney-Hyperion
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Channie Waites
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Awards & Distinctions 1
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Author Honor, 2009
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