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Alec's Primer (Carter G Woodson Honor Book (Awards))
by Mildred Pitts Walter (Illustrator: Larry Johnson)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Vermont Folklife Center (2005-01-05)
ISBN: 0916718204
EAN: 9780916718206
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 32 pages
SKU: 008284
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Former Library book, hardcover with dustjacket and mylar covering, story pages are clean no tears, title page has large library name stamp. Pre-title page has red discard stamp on it. Label on the back and spine otherwise clean. The mylar covering has done a nice job protecting this book. All items ship from a smoke-free home.
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Product Description
As a young boy born into slavery in Virginia, Alec Turner was forbidden to learn to read. Naturally he was frightened when Zephie, his owner's granddaughter, first offered to teach him, but she told him that if he learned to read, he could become a free man. As Alec mastered the alphabet from a small primer, Zephie lit in him a spark of hope, which became a flame.
Alec's Primer is based on the true story of Alec Turner (1845-1923), who learned to read and, eventually, just as Zephie predicted, became a free man. Traveling to Vermont where he established his home and became a landowner, Alec kept his cherished primer with him throughout his life. Years later, Alec's daughter Daisy told his dramatic tale of defiance and endurance to the Vermont Folklife Center. Mildred Pitts Walter and Larry Johnson have transformed Alec's powerful story into an engrossing picture book that affords young readers an authentic lens through which to view history.
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