Alec's Primer - Couverture rigide

Walter, Mildred Pitts

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0916718204 ISBN 13 : 9780916718206

Editeur : Vermont Folklife Center, 2005

Synopsis

As a young boy born into slavery in Virginia, Alec Turner was forbidden to learn to read. Naturally he was frightened when Zephie, his owner's granddaughter, first offered to teach him, but she told him that if he learned to read, he could become a free man. As Alec mastered the alphabet from a small primer, Zephie lit in him a spark of hope, which became a flame. Alec's Primer is based on the true story of Alec Turner (1845-1923), who learned to read and, eventually, just as Zephie predicted, became a free man. Traveling to Vermont where he established his home and became a landowner, Alec kept his cherished primer with him throughout his life. Years later, Alec's daughter Daisy told his dramatic tale of defiance and endurance to the Vermont Folklife Center. Mildred Pitts Walter and Larry Johnson have transformed Alec's powerful story into an engrossing picture book that affords young readers an authentic lens through which to view history.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mildred Pitts Walter won the Coretta Scott King Award for Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World and received a King Honor Book Award and the Christopher Award for Mississippi Challenge. Born and reared in Louisiana, she currently lives in Denver, where she is a member of the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Larry Johnson is the Illustrator of one of Daisy Turner's own stories, Daisy and the Doll (2000) by Michael and Angela Shelf Medearis, and Knoxville, Tennessee by Nicki Giovanni. He co-hosts a radio talk show and serves as a church youth minister near his home in Boston, Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vermont Folklife Center
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0916718204
• ISBN 13: 9780916718206
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Johnson Larry
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible