The secret to freedom / by Marcia Vaughan ; illustrated by Larry Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan, Marcia K., author.

Contributor:

Johnson, Larry, 1949- illustrator.

Garcia, Tania, designer.

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):

Underground Railroad--Juvenile fiction.

Underground Railroad.

Underground Railroad--Fiction.

Slavery--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Quilts--Fiction.

Genre:

Picture books.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[33] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

[First edition.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2001]

Summary:

Great Aunt Lucy tells a story of her days as a slave, when she and her brother, Albert, learned the quilt code to help direct other slaves and, eventually, Albert himself, to freedom in the North.

Notes:

"Book design by Tania Garcia."

"The text is set in 14 pt. New Baskerville."

"The illustrations are rendered in acrylic."

"First Editon"

Includes bibliographical references.

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 is "Reinforced binding".

ISBN:

9781584300212

1584300213

9781584302513

1584302518

OCLC:

45223636