Author: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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All Virgie wants is to go to school with her brothers George, Will, Nelson, Val, and C. C. But they keep saying she's too little for the long, seven-mile walk, and that girls don't need school. Well, Virgie doesn't agree, and she's not gonna let anything stand in her way.
Author: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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All Virgie wants is to go to school with her brothers George, Will, Nelson, Val, and C. C. But they keep saying she's too little for the long, seven-mile walk, and that girls don't need school. Well, Virgie doesn't agree, and she's not gonna let anything stand in her way.
Author: Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395720776
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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A book to read along with the audio cassette.
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1368005195
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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When Lizzie's parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Paul to go to a real school--a new one, built just for them. Lizzie can't wait. The scraps of learning she has picked up here and there have just made her hungry for more. The walk to school is long. Some days it's rainy, or windy, or freezing cold. Sometimes there are dangers lurking along the way, like angry white folks with rocks, or mysterious men on horseback. The schoolhouse is still unpainted, and its very plain, but Lizzie has never seen a prettier sight. Except for maybe the teacher, Mizz Howard, who has brown skin, just like her. They've finally made it to Freedom's School. But will it be strong enough to stand forever? Praise for Light in the Darkness "In this tale, [Cline-Ransome] makes the point that learning was not just a dream of a few famous and accomplished men and women, but one that belonged to ordinary folk willing to risk their lives. Ransome's full-page watercolor paintings-in beautiful shades of blue for the night and yellow for the day-are a window, albeit somewhat gentle, into a slave's life for younger readers. A compelling story about those willing to risk "[a] lash for each letter." -Kirkus Reviews "Told from the perspective of Rosa, a girl who makes the dangerous nighttime journey to the lessons with her mother, the story effectively conveys the urgent dedication of the characters to their surreptitious schooling and their belief in the power of literacy...Solid text and soft, skillful illustrations combine for a poignant tribute to the power of education and the human spirit."-School Library Journal
Author: Angela Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068987376X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
Author: Russell Freedman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395797266
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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A documentary account of child labor in America during the early 1900s and the role Lewis Hine played in the crusade against it.
Author: Ann Pelo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Rethinking Early Childhood Education is alive with the conviction that teaching young children involves values and vision. This anthology collects inspiring stories about social justice teaching with young children. Included here is outstanding writing from childcare teachers, early-grade public school teachers, scholars, and parents.Early childhood is when we develop our core dispositions -- the habits of thinking that shape how we live. This book shows how educators can nurture empathy, an ecological consciousness, curiosity, collaboration, and activism in young children. It invites readers to rethink early childhood education, reminding them that it is inseparable from social justice and ecological education.An outstanding resource for childcare providers, early-grade teachers, as well as teacher education and staff development programs.
Author: Joyce Carol Thomas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780064436175
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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I have heard of a land Where the imagination has no fences Where what is dreamed one night Is accomplished the next day/FONT In the late 1880s, signs went up all around America - land was free in the Oklahoma territory. And it was free to everyone: Whites, Blacks, men and women alike. All one needed to stake a claim was hope and courage, strength and perseverance. Thousands of pioneers, many of them African-Americans newly freed from slavery, headed west to carve out a new life in the Oklahoma soil. Drawing upon her own family history, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas has crafted an unforgettable anthem to these brave and determned people from America's past. Richly illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award honoree Floyd Cooper, I Have Heard of a Land is a glorious tribute to the Afrian-American pioneer spirit. 00-01 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist
Author: Gavin Curtis
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613336697
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues. But when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's pas
Author: Kate Lied
Publisher: National Geographic Kids
ISBN: 9780792269465
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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When Dorothy's father loses his job and cannot find another, the family borrows a car and sets off for Idaho where jobs picking potatoes can be found. This true story gives children a vivid sense of the Great Depression on a level they can understand. Full-color illustrations.
