Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer Contributor(s): Lowery, Linda (Author), Porter, Janice Lee (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1575054167 ISBN-13: 9781575054162 Publisher: First Avenue Editions (Tm) OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1999 Annotation: Introducing new readers to some of history's most interesting and important people, these biographies focus on the pivotal episodes that show what kind of person the subject is (or was) and how he or she came to be famous. Although written in a story format, these books are not fictionalized accounts. A chronology of major events follows the story, along with a brief summary of the subject's life. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 98024259 |
Lexile Measure: 610 |
Series: On My Own Biographies (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 5.84" W x 8.56" (0.23 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 34807 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: As a successful former slave, Clara Brown used her money to help other freed slaves get a new start in life. In 1859 Clara bought her own freedom and headed west to Colorado to find her daughter, who was sold when she was just a little girl. Clara didn't find her daughter there, but she did get rich. The people she helped became her family, and she became known as Aunt Clara Brown. |
Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Janice Lee: - Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children's books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California. |