# John's Turn

**Author:** Mac Barnett
**Grade range:** Grades K–4
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 35
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9781536226768`
**ISBN-10:** `1536226769`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/johns-turn
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

E. B. White Read-Aloud winner Mac Barnett celebrates individuality in a story told with tenderness and subtlety. It’s John’s big day at school today—a performance for Sharing Gifts time. His bag is carefully packed and prepared, his classmates are ready, and the curtain is waiting to open. John is nervous, looking out at all the other children staring back at him. But he takes a big breath and begins. Mac Barnett’s compassionate text and Kate Berube’s understated and expressive art tell the story of a kid who finds the courage to show others his talent for dancing.

## Where this book is assigned

### Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)

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