| Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation Contributor(s): Sherman, Pat (Author), Cooper, Floyd (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0802853196 ISBN-13: 9780802853196 Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $14.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: 973.714 |
| LCCN: 2009026235 |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.94" W x 11.3" (0.92 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136148 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A self-taught young slave astonishes his fellow prisoners by reading aloud the newspaper account of Lincoln's new emancipation proclamation. Based on actual events. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sherman, Pat: - Pat Sherman works as a writer, library professional, andwriting instructor in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Herprevious books include The Sun's Daughter, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Clarion), and severalnonfiction books for young people on historical subjectsranging from colonial America to the present day.Cooper, Floyd: - Floyd Cooper has won many prestigious awards for hisillustration, including the 2009 Coretta Scott KingIllustrator Award for The Blacker the Berry, written by Joyce Carol Thomas (Amistad), plus threeprevious Coretta Scott King Honors, a Da Vinci Award, andan NAACP Image Honor. Among the more than eighty books hehas illustrated are Mississippi Morning by RuthVander Zee (Eerdmans) and Meet Danitra Brown byNikki Grimes (HarperCollins). Floyd lives in Pennsylvania.Visit his website at www.floydcooper.com. |