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Show way
Author
Title
Show way / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
ISBN
0399237496
9780399237492
Publication
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2005]
Copyright Notice Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 3780: From the library of Leonard S. Marcus.
Notes
Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" on colophon indicates 1st printing.
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
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.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2020
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Picture books.
Novels.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Autobiographical fiction.
Novels.
Juvenile literature.
Also listed under
Leonard S. Marcus Collection of Children's Literature (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States New York (State) New York.
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