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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.
Contributor:
Talbott, Hudson, illustrator.
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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