| Just Us Women Contributor(s): Caines, Jeannette (Author), Cummings, Pat (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064430561 ISBN-13: 9780064430562 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1984 Annotation: "No boys and no men-just us women," Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 81048655 |
| Lexile Measure: 520 |
| Series: Reading Rainbow Books |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 8.55" W x 8.01" (0.21 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 73893 Reading Level: 2.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: No boys and no men-just us women, Aunt Martha tells her niece. And together they plan their trip to North Carolina in Aunt Martha's brand-new car. This is to be a very special outing-with no one to hurry them along, the two travelers can do exactly as they please. |
Contributor Bio(s): Caines, Jeannette: - Jeannette Franklin Caines is the author of Chilly Stomach and Just Us Women, a Reading Rainbow Book, as well as several other highly acclaimed picture books about children and their families. She is also the recipient of the National Black Child Development Institute's Certificate of Merit and Appreciation. Ms. Caines grew up in Harlem and now lives in Freeport, Long Island. Cummings, Pat: -Pat Cummings was born in Chicago but grew up traveling with her military family all over the world. She has been writing and illustrating children's books since she graduated from Pratt Institute and is the author and/or illustrator of more than forty books. In addition to her art for the Coretta Scott King Award winner My Mama Needs Me by Mildred Pitts Walter, Pat's luminous work includes Angel Baby; Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!; and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Talking With Artists. She teaches children's book illustration and writing at Parsons School of Design, the New School, and Pratt Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit her online at www.patcummings.com. |