Filter By Subjects
African American students African American students Biography African American students Biography Juvenile literature Race discrimination Race discrimination United States Race discrimination United States Juvenile literature Racism against Black people Spelling bees Spelling bees Juvenile literature United StatesFilter By Authors
Weatherford, Carole BostonFilter By Subjects
African American students African American students Biography African American students Biography Juvenile literature Race discrimination Race discrimination United States Race discrimination United States Juvenile literature Racism against Black people Spelling bees Spelling bees Juvenile literature United StatesFilter By Authors
Weatherford, Carole BostonWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: How do you tell a story? Before Toni Morrison was a Pulitzer Prize winner and Nobel Prize–winning author, she was Chloe Ardelia Wofford, a little girl in Ohio who was both the only Black child in her first-grade classroom and the only student who was able to read. This is the true story of how that young girl learned from her upbringing, surrounded herself with stories, and made a tremendous...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MORWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: A true story of determination and groundbreaking achievement follows eighth grade African American spelling champion MacNolia Cox, who left Akron, Ohio, in 1936 to compete in the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., only to be met with prejudice and discrimination.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023