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During the early 1900s more than a million African-Americans migrated from the South to the North in order to escape the Ku Klux Klan. This is a wonderful story that is written in poetry. It will help young students to understand the journey that many of these Americans had to take in order to feel truly free. The illustrations are beautiful and simple, adding to the story. This book does a wonderful job of helping the reader to connect to those the story is about, and will pull at your heartstrings. This would be a great text to use even with older classes of students as they study this era.
Review by Cindy Dunn, Granite School District Library Media Dept.
Rating: 4 Stars
Interest Level: Grades K-4
The Great Migration: Journey to the North
Written by Eloise Greenfield, Illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist
HarperCollins Children’s Books
26 p.
Release Date: Dec. 21, 2010
ISBN: 9780061259210
ReNae hymas
March 1, 2011
I love good non fiction books and am trying to build interest with my students. I think this one would be a good addition to our library.
angela pratt
March 1, 2011
this looks like a great book. Our students need to be expose to this time in history — thanks
Jodie Uriarte
March 1, 2011
Thanks for sharing this book. It sounds like a very interesting read.
Marsha Clark
March 1, 2011
I will definitely order this book. Our students really like true stories.
Leanna Griffiths
March 1, 2011
This looks like a great addition to lessons about slavery and the emancipation of the south. Changes take time and it was a difficult change when slavery was abolished…for more than 100 years! I would love to have this book in our library!
Josh W.
March 2, 2011
Leanna,
You are the winner of this book!