Rock That Vote

by Meg Fleming (Author) Lucy Ruth Cummins (Illustrator)

Rock That Vote
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Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
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An interactive, joyful celebration of classroom elections and the power of voting.

Fins, paws, wings, or claws? With so many choices for a new class pet, these kids has the big task of picking a critter to become part of their classroom family. To make sure it's all fair and square, they put it to a vote! As the students make posters to support their choice and excitedly submit their ballots, readers can join the chants and cheers to make sure everyone rocks that vote!
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The runaway rhythm and bouncing energy of an elementary school classroom's vote for class pet foregrounds communal involvement--and genuine excitement--around the voting process. Fleming's rhymes focus on characteristics instead of specific candidates--"Who wants FINS? Who wants PAWS?.../ Who wants WINGS? Who wants CLAWS?"--adroitly covering a range of species. "Hedgehog, lizard, hamster, goat?/ Make a sign and rock that vote!" invites participation as students draw campaign posters for their favorite animals. Cummins's mixed-media art evokes the scrawled excitement of youthful creativity. A lesson in conflict resolution includes a teacher-led solution: "Let's work it through./ Let's understand./ Listen./ Share.// And now shake hands." Illustrations feature kids of various abilities, skin tones, and hair textures, creating an inclusive, enthusiastic picture book about the power of community and of choice. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)

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Fleming's energetic text is perfectly matched by Cummin's vibrant illustrations. Rhyming books are notoriously tricky to pull off, and Fleming manages that feat. Cummin's art echoes pictures that could be proudly displayed on elementary school walls. Together, they provide a pitch-perfect image of a classroom election . . . With this story, young readers will be inspired to rock that vote as soon as they're given the chance. —New York Journal of Books
Meg Fleming
Meg Fleming is the author of Sometimes Rain, I Heart You, Here Comes Ocean!, Sounds Like School Spirit, and Wondering Around. A former voice teacher, Meg draws on her love of rhythm, rhyme, and lyricism to create and imagine stories. She lives outside of San Francisco with her husband and three kids. Visit her at MegFleming.net.

Born in Warwickshire, Richard Jones has been living and working in Devon for over 20 years. After leaving university with a degree in graphic design and illustration, he stayed on a little longer to complete a PhD. He spent several years working in a busy children's library, issuing and shelving other artists' picture books before one day wondering if it wasn't about time he had a proper go at creating one or two himself! He now writes and illustrates from the smallest room in his home. Across the roof tops of Exeter, and between the rounded Devon hills, he can just about make out the distant sparkling sea.
Classification
-
ISBN-13
9780593108352
Lexile Measure
270
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Dial Books
Publication date
October 04, 2022
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV039090 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
JUV035000 - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
Library of Congress categories
Pets
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Schools
Voting

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