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Show way / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks PS 3573 .O64524 S56 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodson, Jacqueline, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quilts--Juvenile fiction.
- Quilts.
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Quilts--Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
- Slavery--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- Juvenile materials.
- Paper case bindings.
- Illustrated case bindings.
- Illustrated endpapers.
- Picture books.
- Novels.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Autobiographical fiction.
- Dust jackets (Binding) -- 2005.
- Juvenile literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2005]
- Summary:
- The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
- Notes:
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Newbery Honor Book, 2006
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.
- Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2006
- Local Notes:
- The HSP Pedagogical Collection.
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Woodson, Jacqueline. Show way.
- ISBN:
- 0399237496
- 9780399237492
- OCLC:
- 57193078
- Publisher Number:
- 9780399237492
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