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Miss Crandall's school for young ladies & little misses of color / poems by Elizabeth Alexander & Marilyn Nelson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper.
- Title
- Miss Crandall's school for young ladies & little misses of color / poems by Elizabeth Alexander & Marilyn Nelson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper.
- Author
- Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
- Publication
- Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, [2007]
- ©2007
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3551.L3494 M57 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 47, [1] pages : color illustrations; 19 x 28 cm
- Summary
- Poets Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson tell the story of Prudence Crandall's school for African American girls opened in 1833.
- Alternative Title
- Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color
- Subject
- Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 > Juvenile poetry
- Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 > Poetry
- Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
- 1800-1899
- Women educators > Connecticut > Juvenile poetry
- Girls' schools > Connecticut > Juvenile poetry
- African American students > Juvenile poetry
- African American girls > Juvenile poetry
- Discrimination in education > Connecticut > History > 19th century > Juvenile poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Women educators > Connecticut > Poetry
- Girls' schools > Connecticut > Poetry
- African American students > Poetry
- African American girls > Poetry
- Discrimination in education > Connecticut > History > 19th century > Poetry
- American poetry
- Éducatrices > Connecticut > Poésie pour la jeunesse
- Écoles de filles > Connecticut > Poésie pour la jeunesse
- Filles noires américaines > Poésie pour la jeunesse
- Discrimination en éducation > Connecticut > Histoire > 19e siècle > Poésie pour la jeunesse
- Poésie enfantine américaine
- African American girls
- African American students
- Children's poetry, American
- Discrimination in education
- Girls' schools
- Race relations
- Women educators
- Women educators > Poetry
- Discrimination in education > Connecticut > Poetry
- Children's poetry
- Canterbury (Conn.) > Race relations > History > 19th century > Juvenile poetry
- Canterbury (Conn.) > Race relations > History > 19th century > Poetry
- Connecticut
- Connecticut > Canterbury
- Canterbury (Conn.) > Race relations > Poetry
- Genre/Form
- Dust jackets.
- Presentation copies.
- Children's poetry, American.
- Picture books for children.
- sonnets.
- Picture books
- Sonnets
- Narrative poetry
- History
- Juvenile works
- Poetry
- Sonnets.
- Poésie narrative.
- Note
- Publisher's statement precedes place of publication on imprint.
- Copyright statement dated on title page verso.
- Study Program (note)
- Accelerated Reader AR
- Reading Counts RC
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Awards (note)
- American Library Association Notable Books for Children; Connecticut Book Awards
- Contents
- Introduction -- The students -- 1 -- The book -- Knowledge -- Family -- Good-bye -- 2 -- Study -- Fire from the Gods -- We -- All-night melodies -- 3 -- Lawyers -- The Tao of the trial -- Miss Ann Eliza Hammond -- Allegiance -- 4 -- Etymology -- Water -- Unmentionables -- Hunger -- 5 -- Albert Hinckley -- Call and response -- Worth -- Cat -- 6 -- Open secret -- Arson at midnight -- End -- Julia Williams -- Authors' notes.
- ISBN
- 9781590784563
- 1590784561
- 9781428764767
- 1428764763
- LCCN
- 2006038985
- OCLC
- 76820887
- SCSB-12330988
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library