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Ward, Frederick, 1937-
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Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Boys, Black -- Fiction.
Oppositional defiant disorder in children -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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Ward, Frederick, 1937-
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Boys, Black -- Fiction.
Oppositional defiant disorder in children -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
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A
room
full
of
balloons
/ Frederick Ward ; with paintings by Jim Shirley.
by
Ward, Frederick, 1937-
Tundra Books, c1981.
Call #:
819.354 W258r
Subjects
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
Boys, Black -- Fiction.
Oppositional defiant disorder in children -- Fiction.
Nova Scotia -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0887761283
Description:
154 p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"A
ROOM
FULL
OF
BALLOONS
is based on a true incident that Fred Ward heard of in his exploration of the black experience in Nova Scotia. A black boy is expelled from shcool for refusing to read LITTLE BLACK SAMBO aloud in class. He is sent to a school for retarded children, and when he continues his defiance - this time for refusing to knit. He is locked in the school closet each day." --Book jacket [Author and illustrator are African-American immigrants to Nova Scotia, Canada]
Genre:
Canadian fiction.
Black fiction.
Other authors:
Shirley, Jim.
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Central Library
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819.354 W258r
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