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The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read  Cover Image Book Book

The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read / written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard ; illustrated by Oge Mora.

Hubbard, Rita L. (Author). Mora, Oge. (Added Author).

Summary:

"A picture book biography sharing the inspiring and incredible true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1524768286
  • ISBN: 9781524768287
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 23.99
Subject: Walker, Mary, 1848-1969 > Juvenile literature.
Women slaves > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Freedmen > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Illiterate persons > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch J 306.362092 Walke -H 31681020129672 JNONFIC Available -

Rita Lorraine Hubbard is the author of a number of nonfiction books for adults and runs the children's book review site Picture Book Depot. She is the author of Hammering for Freedom: The Story of William Lewis, which was awarded the New Voices Award by Lee & Low Books and has received three starred reviews. Ms. Hubbard lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. You can find her online at ritahubbard.com.

Oge Mora is the author/illustrator of Thank You, Omu! which won a Caldecott Honor as well as the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award. It was also selected as a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Staff Pick and was chosen by both Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal as a Best Book of 2018. Visit her at ogemora.com.


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