Carole Boston Weatherford

Unspeakable (eBook, ePUB)

The Tulsa Race Massacre
Illustrator: Cooper, Floyd

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards for Author and IllustratorA Caldecott Honor BookA Sibert Honor BookLonglisted for the National Book AwardA Kirkus Prize FinalistA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book"e;A must-have"e;-Booklist (starred review)Celebrated author Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrator Floyd Cooper provide a powerful look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in our nation's history. The book traces the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district and chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation occurred for seventy-five years. This picture book sensitively introduces young readers to this tragedy and concludes with a call for a better future.Download the free educator guide here: https://lernerbooks.com/download/unspeakableteachingguide

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781728424644
• Artikelnr.: 72471722

Autorenporträt

Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of numerous award-winning books. Her picture book BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood received a Newbery Honor. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre , illustrated by the late Floyd Cooper, was a National Book Award longlist title, won the Coretta Scott King Award for author and illustrator, and received a Caldecott Honor and a Sibert Honor. She is dedicated to writing poetry for children and is the 2025 and 2026 Young People's Poet Laureate. When she's not traveling or visiting museums, Carole is mining the past for family stories, fading traditions, and forgotten struggles. She lives in North Carolina.