Steamboat School
$44.36
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2016
Summary
Missouri, 1847
When James first started school, his sister practically had to drag him there. The classroom was dark and dreary, and James knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he’d find inside.But his teacher taught him otherwise.“We make our own light here,” Reverend Meachum told James.And through hard work and learning, they did, until their school was shut down by a new law forbidding African American education in Mi…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781423121961 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1423121961 |
| Author: | Deborah Hopkinson, Ron Husband |
| Publisher: | Disney Publishing Worldwide |
| Imprint: | Disney Publishing Worldwide |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 282mm |
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“A heartrending book that will inspire readers of all ages to better understand the history of discrimination.”– SLJ
“A heartrending book that will inspire readers of all ages to better understand the history of discrimination.”–SLJ
“An unforgettable story that needs to be known.”–Kirkus
“Gentle yet forceful, it’s an affecting tribute to an unsung crusader for equal rights and education.”–Publishers Weekly
About The Author
Deborah Hopkinson
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than forty-five books for young readers including picture books, short fiction, and nonfiction. She has won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for picture book text twice, and in 2013 received both a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction honor and a Robert F. Sibert honor for Titanic: Voices from the Disaster. Visit Deborah online at deborahhopkinson.com.
Ron Husband, the first African American animator at Walt Disney Studios, worked on films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame during his thirty-eight years at the company. His illustrations have also been featured in a number of children’s publications. Ron lives in San Dimas, California, with his wife. They have three children and three beautiful granddaughters. Learn more about Ron’s work online at ronhusband.blogspot.com.Returns
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