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Sto caricando le informazioni... All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom (2014)di Angela Johnson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Beautifully delicate watercolor illustrations leave a lasting impression of the story of Juneteenth, when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. The illustrator shows a range of reactions, trying to imagine what it was like. Back matter includes a timeline of important dates (1863-1865), a few paragraphs on "Juneteenth, Then and Now," a list of online sources, and a glossary of key terms. Now that Juneteenth is a federal holiday the back matter is not perfectly up-to-date, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater - this is still an incredibly worthwhile book. ( ) There are two reasons I liked this book. In the picture book All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom, narratives the day slaves would forever be free. The African American slaves, wake up to the news that they will now be forever free, no longer having to work in the cotton fields. The illustrator E.B. Lewis used watercolor paint. The illustrations give an illusion of photographs that have been stored in a storage as a memory keepsake. For example, the last illustration shows colors of browns, whites, faded blue and black. Only two cabins are shown with two wagons and a family walking away from the cabin. The writing fit in perfectly for the time period of this book. The words weren’t to lengthy or advanced for children to understand the change this day brough forward. The purpose of this book to for people to remember the day slaves were announced free. A young girl and her siblings wake to the smell of honeysuckle and set to work in the cotton fields as slaves. Paneled illustrations show news of their freedom spreading from "the port, to town, through the countryside, and into the fields." Once they receive word of their freedom, the girl's family eat, laugh, and tell stories into the night. The next day, she wakes to the same smell of honeysuckle, but everything is "all different now." The final page shows the former slaves leaving the fields with their belongings. Simple, elegant, yet effective text used in this story: "that a Union general had read from a balcony that we were all now and forever free and things would be all different now." Angela Johnson very intentionally omits names and places; her purpose is feeling. She wants her audience to feel what people felt that day, Juneteenth. The details come after the story in a timeline of important dates from 1863-1865, the history of Juneteenth, online sources for further learning, and key terms defined in kid-friendly language. Excellent book. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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