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Freedom's gifts : : a Juneteenth story
| Title | Freedom's gifts : : a Juneteenth story |
| Names | Wesley, Valerie Wilson. |
| Book Number | DBC04831 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | When a girl from New York visits her cousin in Texas in 1943, she learns the origin of Juneteenth, a holiday marking the day in 1865 that Texan slaves realized they were free. Aunt Marshall, who was a child during slavery, tells stories to the little girls of what she remembers. For grades 3-6. |
| Language | English |
| LC Subject | African Americans - Juvenile fiction |
| African Americans - Social life and customs - Juvenile fiction |
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| Cousins - Juvenile fiction |
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| Juneteenth - Juvenile fiction |
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| Slavery - Texas - Juvenile fiction |
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| Texas - Social life and customs - Juvenile fiction |
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| Historical fiction |
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| Historical fiction, Juvenile |
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| Historical fiction |
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| Audience Notes | Female narrator. NLS/BPH |
| For grades 3-6. NLS/BPH |
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| Publication Info | Austin : Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Talking Book Program, 2015 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1997. 9780689802690 |
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