Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847 / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: 36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781423121961
- 1423121961
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Historical Events | Hopkinso Deborah | Checked out | 06/03/2024 | 33111008186039 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When James started school his sister practically had to drag him there - he knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he'd find inside. Until his teacher taught him otherwise. 'We make our own light here,' Reverend Meachum told James. And through hard work, they did - until their school was shut down by a new law forbidding African American education in Missouri. Determined to continue teaching his students, Reverend Meachum decided to build a new school - a floating school in the Mississippi River, just outside the boundary of the unjust law.
"Inspired by a true story."
"St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Includes bibliographical references.