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Daisy and the doll
By Medearis, Michael & Medearis, Angela Shelf & Johnson, Larry
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-91671-815-2
- Publisher
- Middlebury, Vt. : Vermont Folklife Center ; c2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 24, 2000
K-Gr 2 Based on the real Daisy Turner's family stories archived in the Vermont Folklife Center, this book, set in the 1890s, is about an eight-year-old African-American girl's awakening racial awareness. For the end-of-school program featuring poems about different nations of the world, Daisy's teacher announces that a prize will be given for the best speaker. Each girl receives a doll to carry and a poem to memorize for the occasion. Daisy gets "a rag doll with a coal black face" and her po...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
