Alec's Primer (Vermont Folklife Center) - Hardcover

Walter, Mildred Pitts

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916718204 ISBN 13: 9780916718206

Publisher: Vermont Folklife Center, 2005

Synopsis

As a young boy born into slavery in Virginia, Alec Turner was forbidden to learn to read. Naturally he was frightened when Zephie, his owner's granddaughter, first offered to teach him, but she told him that if he learned to read, he could become a free man. Mastering the alphabet from a small primer marked the first steps that would eventually lead Alec to freedom on a Vermont farm.

About this title

From the Publisher:

10 1/4 x 8 1/4 trim. 15 illus. (15 color)

About the Author:

Mildred Pitts Walter won the Coretta Scott King Award for Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World and received a King Honor Book Award and the Christopher Award for Mississippi Challenge. Born and reared in Louisiana, she currently lives in Denver, where she is a member of the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame. Larry Johnson is the Illustrator of one of Daisy Turner's own stories, Daisy and the Doll (2000) by Michael and Angela Shelf Medearis, and Knoxville, Tennessee by Nicki Giovanni. He co-hosts a radio talk show and serves as a church youth minister near his home in Boston, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vermont Folklife Center
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0916718204
• ISBN 13: 9780916718206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Johnson Larry