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Hopkinson, Deborah.
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Meachum, John B., 1789- -- Juvenile fiction.
Education -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction.
Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.
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Hopkinson, Deborah.
Meachum, John B., 1789- -- Juvenile fiction.
Education -- Juvenile fiction.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Steamboats -- Juvenile fiction.
Blacks -- Juvenile fiction.
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Steamboat school / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
by
Hopkinson, Deborah.
Disney Hyperion, c2016.
Call #:
FICTION
HOP
Subjects
Meachum
,
John
B
.,
1789-
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Education
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Schools
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Steamboats
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
Blacks
--
Juvenile
fiction
.
ISBN:
9781423121961 (hc.)
Edition:
1st. ed.
Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) : 27 x 29 cm.
Notes:
"Inspired by a true story."
"St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
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.
Genre:
School age picture book.
Other authors:
Husband, Ron.
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0
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School Age Picture Books - Black Collection
FICTION HOP
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School Age Picture Books - Black Collection
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