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Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color : poems
Title:
Miss Crandall's school for young ladies and little misses of color : poems
JLCTITLE245:
by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson ; pictures by Floyd Cooper.
Personal Author:
Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
Publication Information:
Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, 2007.
Physical Description:
47 p. : col. ill. ; 19 x 28 cm.
ISBN:
9781590784563

9781428764767
Abstract:
Poets Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson tell the story of Prudence Crandall's school for African American girls opened in 1833.
Reading Level:
1030 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.9 0.5 Quiz 116747 English fiction.
Personal Subject:
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890-Juvenile poetry.

Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890-Poetry.
Subject Term:
Women educators -- Connecticut -- Juvenile poetry.

Girls' schools -- Connecticut -- Juvenile poetry.

African American students -- Juvenile poetry.

African American girls -- Juvenile poetry.

Discrimination in education -- Connecticut -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile poetry.

Children's poetry, American -- Juvenile literature.

American poetry -- Juvenile literature.

Children's poetry, American.

Women educators -- Connecticut -- Poetry.

Girls' schools -- Connecticut -- Poetry.

African American students -- Poetry.

African American girls -- Poetry.

Discrimination in education -- Connecticut -- History -- 19th century -- Poetry.

American poetry.
Geographic Term:
Canterbury (Conn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile poetry.

Canterbury (Conn.) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century -- Poetry.
Added Author:
Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-

Cooper, Floyd
Contents:
Introduction -- The students -- 1 -- The book -- Knowledge -- Family -- Good-bye -- 2 -- Study -- Fire from the Gods -- We -- All-night melodies -- 3 -- Lawyers -- The Tao of the trial -- Miss Ann Eliza Hammond -- Allegiance -- 4 -- Etymology -- Water -- Unmentionables -- Hunger -- 5 -- Albert Hinckley -- Call and response -- Worth -- Cat -- 6 -- Open secret -- Arson at midnight -- End -- Julia Williams -- Authors' notes.
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