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Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters / by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick L. McKissack ; illustrated by John Thompson.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection F213 .M36 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017.
- McKissack, Fredrick, author.
- Series:
- Coretta Scott King Award Books.
- Coretta Scott King Award Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
- Plantation life.
- Christmas--Southern States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
- Christmas.
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social conditions--Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved persons.
- Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865--Juvenile literature.
- Southern States.
- Plantation life--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Christmas--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Enslaved persons--Social life and customs.
- Southern States--Social life and customs--1775-1865.
- Manners and customs.
- Enslaved persons--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Literature.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [12], 68 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scholastic Inc., [©1994].
- Summary:
- Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
- Contents:
- Christmas is coming ...
- In the big house ...
- And in the Quarters ...
- Getting ready for the big times
- Deck the halls
- Christmas eve-a very busy day
- Gloria in Excelsis Deo
- Pattin' the Juba
- Christmas gif'
- All day it's Christmas
- Rise up, shepherd, an' foller
- We wear the mask on New Year's eve
- First day
- Looking back.
- Notes:
- "First printing, October 1994."
- "The paintings in this book were done in acrylic on strathmore five-ply kid-finish bristol board."
- "The red initial capital letters in this book are Tuscan Italian, an ornamental typeface introduced in 1859."
- "Designed by Claire B. Counihan."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-68).
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Winner, 1995
- 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 "Reinforced binding".
- Other Format:
- Online version: McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017. Christmas in the big house, Christmas in the quarters.
- ISBN:
- 0590430270 :
- 9780590430272
- 0590430289
- 9780590430289
- OCLC:
- 26858298
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