Product Description

‘During the years following the Civil War in rural South Carolina where opportunities for blacks to go to school were nonexistent, [Mary McLeod Bethune had to overcome many obstacles to pursue her dream of education for all children]. Simply told, this biography of an outstanding black educator has excellent illustrations.' 'SLJ.

Children's Books of 1977 (Library of Congress)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #526899 in Books
• Published on: 1994-08-30
• Released on: 1994-07-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 40 pages

About the Author
Eloise Greenfield is a celebrated poet and the author of more than forty books for children, including the Coretta Scott King Award winner Africa Dream; the Coretta Scott King Honor books Mary Mcleod Bethune and Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, co-written with Lessie Jones Little; and the Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Book I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs. Ms. Greenfield is the recipient of the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children for the body of her work, and she has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. "Honey, I Love," the title poem of one of her most wellknown poetry collections, will be illustrated as a picture book in honor of the collection's twenty-fifth anniversary of publication.