Freedom School, Yes!

Freedom School, Yes!
Author Amy Littlesugar
Illustrator Floyd Cooper
Country United States
Language English
Subject Children's literature, picture book, African-American history
Published 2001 (Blue Sky Press)
Media type Print (hardback, paperback)
Pages 32 (unpaginated)
ISBN 9780399230066
OCLC 42649627

Freedom School, Yes! is a 2001 children's picture book by Amy Littlesugar and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. It is about Jolie, a young girl, and her family's involvement with the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project.

Reception

The School Library Journal, in a review of Freedom School, Yes!, wrote "Littlesugar has created a slice-of-life story with a potent message. .. The illustrations are masterful and lush. .. A unique and poignant look at a moment in history."[1]

Freedom School, Yes! has also been reviewed by Horn Book Guide Reviews,[2] BookList,[3] Kirkus Reviews,[4] and Publishers Weekly,[5]

It is a 2002 National Council of Teachers of English Adventuring with Books book[6] and a 2002 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Freedom school, yes!". buffalolib.org. Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Freedom School, Yes!: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved May 4, 2017. a moving if somewhat didactic story
  3. ↑ "Freedom School, Yes!". kcls.bibliocommons. Retrieved May 4, 2017. The saintly characters--beautiful, wise, and strong--keep the personal story at a distance. The drama is in the history..
  4. ↑ "Freedom School, Yes!". Kirkus Media LLC. November 15, 2000. Retrieved April 24, 2017. Littlesugar’s prose effectively captures the pervasive fear felt by the African-American community and evokes the almost electric excitement of learning about a proud history for the first time. .. A loving, touching, and inspiring presentation of an often-overlooked chapter of the civil-rights saga.
  5. ↑ "Freedom School, Yes!". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. January 15, 2001. Retrieved May 4, 2017. Littlesugar personalizes the events of an era by colorfully detailing one girl's experience. Vivid imagery and realistic emotion will quickly grab readers' attention. But the story stumbles a bit, rushing to mention a list of African-American historical figures and slightly inflating Jolie's role in comparison to that of Harriet Tubman.
  6. ↑ Amy A. McClure and Janice V. Kristo (editors) (2002). Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K--Grade 6, African American Literature (PDF). National Council of Teachers of English. p. 304. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2001: History, Life and Culture in the Americas" (PDF). Social Education (Supplement). National Council for the Social Studies: 10. 2001. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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