Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level
3.4
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1477
Points per Word
0.000339
Page Count
32
Points per Page
0.015625
Description
Simple text and illustrations describe the life of the Harlem poet whose work gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America. The coauthor is Fredrick McKissack.