Steamboat School
Published on 16. June 2016
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-4231-2196-1 (ISBN)
Description
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 3 to 5 years
Product notice
Picture book
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 281 mm
Width: 261 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
442 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4231-2196-1 (9781423121961)
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Deborah Hopkinson is the author of more than seventy books for young readers including picture books, short fiction, and nonfiction. She has won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for picture book text twice, and in 2013 received both a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction honor and a Robert F. Sibert honor for Titanic: Voices from the Disaster. Deborah invites you to visit her online at deborahhopkinson.com.
Ron Husband, the first African American animator at Walt Disney Studios, worked on films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame during his thirty-eight years at the company. His illustrations have also been featured in a number of children's publications. Ron lives in California, with his wife. They have three children and three beautiful granddaughters.
Ron Husband, the first African American animator at Walt Disney Studios, worked on films such as Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame during his thirty-eight years at the company. His illustrations have also been featured in a number of children's publications. Ron lives in California, with his wife. They have three children and three beautiful granddaughters.