This story is about a young orphan who is on a mission to find his father. His mother has recently passed away and he does not particularly like the foster homes in which he is place. He chooses to travel until he can get closer to finding where his father might be. This story is placed around the t...
It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but he's on a mission. His momma never told him who his father was, but she left a clue: posters of Herman E. Calloway and his famous band, the Dusky Devastators of the Depression! Bud's got an idea that those poster...
This is the story about a young African American boy bring raised by his single mother during the Great Depression. He goes on a journey to find his father after his mother provides some small, but significant information about him. This story could be used to teach about family units and dynamic, h...
This novel follows an orphan boy by the name of Bud, Not Buddy. He carries around a suitcase that is very special to him that contains a collection of his mother's things. One of the most special things in that suitcase is a flyer of a jazz band with the main guy on the front- Bud thinks that guy is...
I must use this book if I teach in the older grades. It's a 5.0 reading level. It is a historical fiction work with great insight into the time of the Great Depression and the Jazz Age. We could do it along with a study of that time period. It is sad, but the sad parts are often tinted with humor. ...
Written by Christopher Paul Curtis Bud, Not Buddy is a story about a young orphaned African American boy in Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression. His mother is dead and he doesn't know where his father is, until a seed gets planted into his mind that his father must be the man on the flyers...
Bud, Not Buddy is a story about an orphaned boy who runs away to find who he believes is his father. The plot follows his journey through northern Michigan during the 1930's. Bud faces many challenges, and overcomes all of them. I would use this book for upper grades, probably around fourth and fift...
This is a great book that talks about aspects of the Great Depression. Bud Caldwell is an orphan who gets placed with a foster family and runs away. He meets up with a jazz band and later realizes his grandfather is in the band. I would use this book with my 5th grade class. I would use this book wh...
Bud, Not Buddy is a surprising novel because you would think that he wouldn't find a family or even just a place to stay where the people treat him well. But even though he goes through a bunch of rough times he ends up being happy, and he also had some help along his way. So overall Bud has had a s...
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