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Loretta Little looks back three voices go tell it! : a monologue novel

Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.

Main Authors: Pinkney, Andrea Davis (Author), Pinkney, J. Brian (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Families > Mississippi > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Mississippi > Juvenile fiction.
Sharecroppers > Juvenile fiction.
Civil rights movements > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Mississippi > Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: Loretta, Roly, and Aggie B. Little relate their Mississippi family's struggles and triumphs from 1927 to 1968 while struggling as sharecroppers, living under Jim Crow, and fighting for Civil Rights.
Physical Description: 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN: 9780316536776
0316536776
Author Notes: Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nearly 50 books for young readers, among them The Red Pencil and A Poem for Peter , as well as several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In and Hand in Hand , which received the Coretta Scott King Book Award.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.

The Pinkneys have been named among the "25 Most Influential People in Our Children's Lives" by Children's Health magazine. They live in Brooklyn, New York.

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