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Song of the trees

During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Taylor, Mildred D.
Other Authors:	Pinkney, Jerry
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2003, c1975.
Series:	Taylor, Mildred D. Logans series ; 3.
Subjects:	Trees > Juvenile fiction. Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.
Physical Description:	48 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	9780142500750 0142500755
Author Notes:	Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis , Let the Circle Be Unbroken , The Land , The Well , and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry . Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Ms. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms "the family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.