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Bud, Not Buddy By: Christopher Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy By: Christopher Curtis. SETTING (Where and when did your story take place?). Flint, Michigan Population =124, 943 4 th largest city in Michigan Major Industries: Trading/Trapping            - Lumber            - Carriages            - Automobiles

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Bud, Not Buddy By: Christopher Curtis

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  1. Bud, Not BuddyBy: Christopher Curtis

  2. SETTING (Where and when did your story take place?) • Flint, Michigan • Population =124, 943 • 4th largest city in Michigan • Major Industries: • Trading/Trapping           - Lumber           - Carriages           - Automobiles • The racial makeup of the city is African American 53.27%  White41.39%  Native American0.64%  Asian0.44%  Pacific Islander0.02%   Other races1.11%  From two or more races.3.14% Hispanic or Latino2.99%

  3. What major U.S. Event Occurred During Bud, Not Buddy?

  4. The Great Depression • Worst Economic Crisis in American history. • Caused by the Stock market Crash of 1929. • Hunger, unemployment, poor living conditions

  5. HOOVERVILLE Towns that built up during the Great Depression. Named After President Herbert Hoover Found in unpleasant neighborhoods Compare to ghettos and projects VOCABULARY

  6. CHARACTERS(Who was your story about?) • Bud • Who is bud? • What is his purpose in the story? • Can you name some other important characters?

  7. PLOT ( What happened in the story?) • Beginning • Middle • End

  8. THEME ( What was the message or main idea of your story?) • FRIENSHIP • DISCOVERY • JOURNEY • HARDSHIP

  9. About the Author • ABOUT THE AUTHORBorn in Flint, Michigan, Christopher Paul Curtis spent his first 13 years after high school on the assembly line of Flint’s historic Fisher Body Plant #1. His job entailed hanging car doors, and it left him with an aversion to getting into and out of large automobiles—particularly big Buicks. • Curtis’s writing—and his dedication to it—has been greatly influenced by his family members, particularly his wife, Kaysandra. With grandfathers like Earl “Lefty” Lewis, a Negro Baseball League pitcher, and 1930s bandleader Herman E. Curtis, Sr., of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, it is easy to see why Christopher Paul Curtis was destined to become an entertainer. • Christopher Paul Curtis made an outstanding debut in children’s literature with The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963. His second novel, Bud, Not Buddy, is the first book ever to receive both the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Author Award.

  10. HONORS • Newberry Medal – • named for eighteenth-century British bookseller John Newbery. • It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. • Coretta Scott King Award – • Given to African American authors and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions, • promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream. • Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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