Directions:  Select a key character or scene, or focus on an important theme from your book, and develop a stamp to commemorate that character, scene, or theme. Include a picture, a selected phrase, and the stamp's value.
    The first stamp shown below was designed from Mildred Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and depicts symbols of racism, segeretation, and reconciliation. The second stamp is based on Patricia Polacco's The Trees of the Dancing Goats, and the third is from Waterman's Boy by Susan Sharpe.

From Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor Teacher: Janine King, 6th grade, St. Joseph School, Seattle, Washington	From The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco Designed by Anne Lombard graduate student at Seattle University	From Waterman's Boy by Susan Sharpe Teacher: Kirstin Gerhold, 5th grade, Columbia Elementary, Mukilteo, Washington

Click here to see a sample evaluation form for the commemorative stamp:
Example 1 and Example 2

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