With books and bricks : how Booker T. Washington built a school / Suzanne Slade ; pictures by Nicole Tadgell.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, [2014]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0807508977 (hardback)
- 9780807508978 (hardback)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Washingt B. S631 | Available | 33111007607027 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
2016-2017 Young Hoosier Book Award Intermediate Nominee
Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick. An afterword gives detailed information on how the school was built.
Includes bibliographical references.
"Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students, but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick"-- Provided by publisher.