# Laban Carrick Hill — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Laban Carrick Hill appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** K–6
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/laban-carrick-hill
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- break dancing

## Genres

- African American poets
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Laban Carrick Hill title on file

- [Dave the Potter](https://readinglist.school/book/dave-the-potter) _(Grades K–3 · 2010)_
- [When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop](https://readinglist.school/book/when-the-beat-was-born-dj-kool-herc-and-the-creation-of-hip-hop) _(Grades 3–6 · 2013)_

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