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Ellen's broom / Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.
Authors:
Lyons, Kelly Starling.
Minter, Daniel.
Material type:
Book
Subject:
Marriage -- Easy books.
Brooms and brushes -- Easy books.
Slavery -- Easy books.
African Americans -- Easy books.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Easy books.
African Americans -- Marriage customs and rites -- Easy books.
African American families -- Easy books.
Language:
English
Publisher:
New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:
9780399250033 (hardback)
0399250034 (hardback)
Notes:
Coretta Scott King Honor Book (Illustrator), 2013.
Summary:
Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.
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Number of copies the library owns or has ordered:
3
Location
Collection
Call#
Status
Due
Maplewood Library
Easy Fiction
LYON
Checked In
New Brighton Library
Easy Fiction
LYON
Checked In
Roseville Library
Easy Fiction
LYON
Checked out
26 May 2013