| Freedom in Congo Square Contributor(s): Boston Weatherford, Carole (Author), Christie, R. Gregory (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1499801033 ISBN-13: 9781499801033 Publisher: Little Bee Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
| Dewey: 976.335 |
| Lexile Measure: 600 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8.8" W x 11" (1.00 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 179189 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction Starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and The Horn Book Magazine A Junior Library Guild Selection This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. Mondays, there were hogs to slop, mules to train, and logs to chop. Slavery was no ways fair. Six more days to Congo Square. As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This book includes a forward from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, as well as a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions. |