Molly Bannaky - Couverture rigide

Soentpiet, Chris K.; McGill, Alice

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 039572287X ISBN 13 : 9780395722879

Editeur : HMH Books for Young Readers, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Soentpiet Chris K McGill Alice

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

On a cold gray morning in 1683, Molly Walsh sat on a stool tugging at the udder of an obstinate cow. When she spilled the milk, she was brought before the court for stealing. Because she could read, Molly escaped the typicalpunishment of death on the gallows. At the age of seventeen, the English dairymaid was exiled from her country and sentenced to work as an indentured servant in British Colonial America. Molly worked for a planter in Maryland for seven long years. Then she was given an ox hitched to a cart, some supplies-and her freedom. That a lone woman should stake land was unheard of. That she would marry an African slave was even more so. Yet Molly prospered, and with her husband Bannaky, she turned a one-room cabin in the wilderness into a thriving one hundred-acre farm. And one day she had the pleasure of writing her new grandson's name in her cherished Bible: Benjamin Banneker.

Revue de presse :

"The oversized format and stunning watercolor paintings turn this fictionalized biography of the grandmother of Benjamin Banneker into an exciting visual experience. . . . A good story in a fabulous artistic package." School Library Journal

This handsome, large-sized picture book shows her [Molly Bannaky] as a woman who was strong enough not only to survive harsh times but also to break new ground. Booklist, ALA

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 039572287X
• ISBN 13: 9780395722879
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32