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A Sweet Smell of Roses

A Sweet Smell of Roses( )
Author: Johnson, Angela
Illustrator: Velasquez, Eric
ISBN:978-0-689-83252-9
Publication Date:Jan 2005
Publisher:Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Imprint:Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $19.99USD $19.99
Book Description:

Two young girls not only witness but help to change history in this inspiring and urgent Civil Rights-era picture book by three-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Angela Johnson. There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice. Inspired by the countless young people who took a stand against the forces of...
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Book Details
Pages:32
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / African American & Black
Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Activism & Social Justice
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11 x 10 x 0.4 Inches
Book Weight:1.11 Pounds
Author Biography
Johnson, Angela (Author)
Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow.

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