Freedom's gifts : a Juneteenth story / by Valerie Wesley ; illustrated by Sharon Wilson.
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TextPublication details: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN: - 0689802692
- [Fic] 20
- PZ7.W515 Fr 1997
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Wesley, Valerie Wilson | Available | 33111003162654 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Finding power in lessons from the pastJuneteenth -- the day Texan slaves found out they had been freed, two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation -- is June's favorite holiday. This year, though, her cousin Lillie will be there for the Juneteenth picnic. That could spoil everything. Lillie is used to celebrating the Fourth of July, like everyone else, and has no interest in Southern traditions. But Aunt Marshall, the girls' great-great-aunt, knows the significance of Juneteenth -- she was about June's age on June 19th, 1865, when the celebration began in Texas -- and she just may be able to convince Lillie that Juneteenth is not a dumb old slave holiday, but a part of her heritage, and the first of many of freedom's gifts.
When a girl from New York visits her cousin in Texas, she learns the origin of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day Texan slaves realized they were free.