Meet Addy (American Girls Collection Series)
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Connie Porter, Melodye Rosales (Illustrator)
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Publisher: Pleasant Co.
Format: Paperback
Publication Date: September 1993
Edition Description: lst ed Edition Number: 1

Gr 3-6-Addy is a nine-year-old slave when the first story opens in 1864. The likable young heroine wakes up to hear her parents discussing whether they should try to escape or wait until the end of the war. Readers follow the girl into the tobacco fields where she worms the plants, feel her heartbreak as she sees her beloved father sold, and steal through the night with her as she and her mother make a run for the North. Their hunger, the loss of her baby sister, insect bites, and the fear of Confederate soldiers all ring true. While most of their hardships are resolved a bit too quickly, youngsters will empathize with and relate to the strong characters. The book ends as mother and daughter make their way to Philadelphia, but there's no indication that the family is reunited. Addy Learns a Lesson is a more self-contained story. Now in Philadelphia, the girl goes to school for the first time and makes a friend. She learns that there are haves and have-nots, the effects of jealousy, and the double-edged sword of freedom. Attractive, subtly shaded, realistic full-color paintings bring characters and scenes to life, dramatically conveying feelings and action. A ``Peek into the Past'' section of photographs and facts is appended to each title. These series entries will be popular additions to historical fiction collections.-Susannah Price, Boise Public Library, ID -School Library Journal

Marcellus' Birthday Cake
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Lorraine Simeon   Petra Rohr-Rouendaal
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Publisher: Writers &
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: August 1994

The Car Washing Street - by Denise Lewis Patrick, illustrated by John Ward
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Publication Date: August 1993

A Kwanzaa Miracle - by Sharon Shavers Gayle, illustrated by Frank Norfleet
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Format: Paperback
Publication Date: September 1996

Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna - by Nancy White Carlstrom, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
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Format: Paperback
Publication Date: February 1991

Kenya's Family Reunion - by Juwanda G. Ford, illustrated by Cristina Ong
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Format: Paperback
Publication Date: April 1996

What I Want to Be - by P. Mignon Hinds, illustrated by Cornelius Wan Wright
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Format: Paperback
Publication Date: January 1996

Busy Baby - by Naomi McMillan, illustrated by Fred Willingham
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Publication Date: January 1996

Bein' with You This Way - by W. Nikola-Lisa, illustrated by Michael Bryant
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: February 1994

Good Night Baby-Board Book - by Cheryl Willis Hudson, illustrated by George Ford
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: November 1992

Good Night - by Dessie Moore, illustrated by Chevelle Moore
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: January 1994
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Frederick Douglass: Abolitionist Editor - by Sharman Apt Russell
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: September 1987

Sojourner Truth (Black Americans of Achievement) - by Peter Krass
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: May 1988

Harriet Tubman: Antislavery Activist - by M. W. Taylor
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: January 1990

Louis Armstrong (Black Americans of Achievement) - by Sam Tanenhaus
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: July 1988

Marcus Garvey: Black Nationalist Leader - by Mary Lawler
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Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: August 1987