Filter By Subjects
African Americans Biography Appledore Island (Me.) Biography Juvenile literature Celia Thaxter's Garden (Appledore Island, Me.) Juvenile literature Gardeners Maine Appledore Island Biography Juvenile literature Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.) Biography Juvenile literature Lighthouses Juvenile literature Painters Maine Appledore Island Biography Juvenile literature Poets, American 19th century Biography Juvenile literature Thaxter, Celia 1835-1894 Juvenile literature Women BiographyFilter By Subjects
African Americans Biography Appledore Island (Me.) Biography Juvenile literature Celia Thaxter's Garden (Appledore Island, Me.) Juvenile literature Gardeners Maine Appledore Island Biography Juvenile literature Isles of Shoals (Me. and N.H.) Biography Juvenile literature Lighthouses Juvenile literature Painters Maine Appledore Island Biography Juvenile literature Poets, American 19th century Biography Juvenile literature Thaxter, Celia 1835-1894 Juvenile literature Women BiographySchmidt, Gary D
Summary: Shows how the hardships of slavery, particularly the loss of her family, caused Isabella Baumfree to walk towards freedom, to re-invent herself as Sojourner Truth, and to continue walking to abolish slavery and for other reforms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2018
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Root, Phyllis
Summary: Celia Thaxter grew up on a desolate island off the coast of Maine, where her father worked as lighthouse keeper. Amid the white and gray of the sea, the rocks, and even the birds, young Celia found color where she could: green mosses and purple starfish and pink morning glories by the shore. And she planted her first garden, tucking bright marigolds between rocky ledges. When she was twelve,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022