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Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Assigned across 1 curriculum list

On reading-award lists:Golden Kite Award

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford is assigned in US schools at grades k–5. It appears across 1 curriculum reference, sourced from state DOE pages and AP/IB/Common Core syllabi. Every citation below links to the primary source.

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Grade range
Grades K–5
Pages
51
Reading time
about 55 minutes (est.)
First published
2020
Genre
Children's
ISBN-13
9781536220636

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About this book

“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to corre

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Why widely assigned

This Children's title, typically at grades k–5. Written in the 2020s; cited across 1 curriculum framework.

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Common questions

What grade level is Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library?
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library is most commonly assigned in US schools in grades K–5. Specific grade placement varies by curriculum — AP Literature and IB English Literature typically use it in grades 11-12.
How long does it take to read Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library?
It takes about 55 minutes to read Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library (51 pages) at an average adult reading pace of about 250 words per minute — roughly 55 minutes. Faster or slower readers will vary; the estimate is a planning guide for assigning the book.
What curricula assign Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library?
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library appears on reading lists for Golden Kite Award. Each assignment on this site links to its primary-source citation.
Is Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library banned in schools?
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library does not appear in PEN America's Index of School Book Bans 2022-2024. No documented multi-district removals on record, but individual districts may challenge titles locally.

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How we classify

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Lexile measure
Not classified — this book has no published Lexile measure.
Grade band
Grades K–5 — drawn from state ELA frameworks and AP/IB syllabi citing this book.
Curriculum alignment
Cited in 1 curriculum on this site (see “Where assigned” above for primary-source links).
State-level evidence
Not yet documented in a state-level framework on this site.
Removal / banning records
No tracked removal or challenge records in cited sources.
Seasonal / contextual tags
Tagged for: read-aloud.

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