Smoky Night
Author: Eve Bunting
Title: Smoky Night
Illustrator: David Diaz
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Subgenre: Disaster and Friendship, Racism
Theme: Learning how to get along
Primary Characters & Secondary Characters: Daniel, Daniel’s Mother, Ms. Kim
Awards: Calecott Award Winner 1995
Date of Publication: 1994
Publishing Company: Harcourt
Summary: In this book two enemies bond and learn how to get along with one another after terrible events occur and both have lost a loved possession. After the riots in Los Angles the two men have lost their cats, through this search and rescue mission, the two become friends. This would be great to teach students about friendship and not judging a book by its cover. The characters learn from one another.
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