When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
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- Grade
- 1-4
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 2002
Word Count 2,030
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 920L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 64311, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Music
- Subject Headings
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993--Juvenile literature
- Women--Biography
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Music
- Singers
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Music | History
- African Americans
- Contraltos
- African American singers
- Contraltos--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Women
- African Americans--Biography
- Anderson, Marian
- Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
- African American singers--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- Standing Tall
- Code X
- Race & Racism
- Performing Arts
- Sample: Bookworms
- Amplify CKLA 2nd Grade Trade Books
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Awards & Distinctions 7
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2003
Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2025
Winner, 2003
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2025
Commended, 2003
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