Pub Date: August 5, 2025
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2024033487
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 11
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 11.20" L x 9.40" W ( 1.00 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Books and Libraries | African American and Black | General | Historical | United States 20th Century
Description: "When Junior moves to Roxboro, North Carolina, in 1959, new friends bring him to an incredible place: the Negro Library"--
Brief description: R. Gregory Christie's illustrations have earned him many awards, including a Caldecott Honor, six Coretta Scott King Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, and multiple spots on the New York Times' annual Best Illustrated Children's Books lists. He has been a guest speaker at conferences and libraries and teaches after school art programs all over the world. He lives in Georgia.
Review Quotes:
"This uplifting story will find a place on fiction shelves, but it also shares a piece of American history. . . . Highly recommended for upper elementary readers, as well as reluctant middle-grade readers. Reviewer Rating: 5"--Children's Literature
-- (11/4/2025 12:00:00 AM)