Pub Date: November 1, 1999
Dewey: B
LCCN: 98024259
Lexile Code: 0610
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.16" H x 8.56" L x 5.84" W ( 0.23 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Historical | Cultural and Regional | Social Activists | Women
Description: A biography of the freed slave who made her fortune in Colorado and used her money to bring other former slaves there to begin new lives.
Brief description: Janice Lee Porter was born and raised in Chicago. She has a BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from California State University, Chico. She is the illustrator of over two dozen children's books and is an art faculty member at Shasta College in Redding, California, where she teaches painting and drawing. She lives in Chico, California.
Review Quotes: "Aunt Clara's story teaches children about tenacity, caring for and about others, and strength of character. Porter's beautiful illustrations done in earthtones with simple lines have a powerful, primitive style."