Molly Bannaky / written by Alice McGill ; pictures by Chris K. Soentpiet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGill, Alice.

Contributor:

Soentpiet, Chris K., illustrator.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bannaky, Molly, approximately 1666---Juvenile fiction.

Bannaky, Molly.

Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806--Family--Juvenile fiction.

Banneker, Benjamin.

Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806.

Bannaky, Molly, approximately 1666-.

Families.

Bannaky, Molly, approximately 1666---Fiction.

Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806--Family--Fiction.

Maryland--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.

Interracial marriage--Fiction.

Slavery--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

McGill, Alice (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999.

Summary:

Relates how Benjamin Banneker's grandmother journeyed from England to Maryland in the late seventeenth century, worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave.

Notes:

"The text of this book is set in 14-point Minion Semibold."

"The illustrations are watercolor on illustration board."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has autograph of Alice McGill.

Banks Collection copy has silver sticker "Jane Addams Peace Association. Jane Addams Children's Book Award" on dustjacket.

ISBN:

039572287X :

OCLC:

34730117