Glad and Mad, Illustration
In Glad and Mad, a young woman is told to be grateful. But when she thinks of her family history, she finds herself angry as well.
“Just the Beginning” is an anthology comprised of 6 decodable readers for grades 6-12 written by Leslie Vaughn. The readers are individually titled as follows: I AM A MAN, The Job, You Can I Can't, Let Them Tell, Glad and Mad, and Pam and Gus Run.
The stories center civil rights, slavery, and social justice issues and presents them to middle to high school students with early elementary level reading skills for the purpose of supporting their literacy, among other academic and developmental goals. Each story is highly decodable, focused on short vowel vocabulary. Multisyllabic words are predivided and limited to closed, open, and -er syllables.
Ⓒ 2024 Leslie Vaughn
Ⓒ Erika Villarreal Bunce (artwork)
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