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History of the book volume no. 11
Publisher
Pickering & Chatto
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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English
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Books for Embracing Diversity
Books to Celebrate Black History Month
Engaging Nonfiction Books for Middle Grade
Books to Celebrate Black History Month
Engaging Nonfiction Books for Middle Grade
Description
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"When America entered World War II in 1941, [it] faced an enemy that had banned and burned over 100 million books and caused fearful citizens to hide or destroy many more. Outraged librarians launched a campaign to send free books to American troops and gathered 20 million hardcover donations. In 1943, the War Department and the publishing industry stepped in with an extraordinary program: 120 million small, lightweight paperbacks, for troops to carry...