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All different now Juneteenth, the first day of freedom

In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, Angela, 1961-
Other Authors:	Lewis, Earl B. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Juneteenth > Juvenile fiction. Slavery > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Families > Texas > Juvenile fiction. Texas > History > 1865-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In 1865, members of a family start their day as slaves, working in a Texas cotton field, and end it celebrating their freedom on what came to be known as Juneteenth.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.
Audience:	Ages 5-9.
ISBN:	9780689873768 (hardcover) 068987376X (hardcover)
Author Notes:	Angela Johnson was born on June 18, 1961 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She attended Kent State University and worked with Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) as a child development worker. She has written numerous children's books including Tell Me a Story, Mama, Shoes like Miss Alice, Looking for Red, A Cool Moonlight and Lily Brown's Paintings. She won the Coretta Scott King Author's Award three times for Toning the Sweep in 1994, for Heaven in 1999, and for The First Part Last in 2004, which also won the Michael L. Printz Award. In 2003, she was named a MacArthur fellow. (Bowker Author Biography)