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With books and bricks : how Booker T. Washington built a school / Suzanne Slade ; illustrated by Nicole Tadgell.
LIBRA E185.97.W4 S59 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slade, Suzanne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915--Juvenile literature.
- Washington, Booker T.
- African Americans--Education--Juvenile literature.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Educators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Educators.
- Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Educators--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- African Americans--Education.
- Local Subjects:
- United States.
- Genre:
- Picture books for children.
- Picture books
- Biographies
- Juvenile works
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Albert Whitman & Company, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students, but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780807508978
- 0807508977
- OCLC:
- 871789483
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