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Pictures for Miss Josie
By Belton, Sandra
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68817-480-4 978-0-68817-481-1
- Publisher
- Amistad Greenwillow
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
Gr 1-4 Written to celebrate the life of Josephine Carroll Smith, a respected African-American educator, this fictionalized picture book tells the story of one of the many young black men to whom she opened her home and heart. The third-person narrative describes the experiences of a boy who travels to Washington, DC, for his first meeting with the woman who had welcomed his father into her home when he was a studen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2003
"It was the beginning of the proud times when he saw her first," on a sun-filled day packed with firsts. Belton's fictional text honors a real person, Josephine Carroll Smith, an extraordinary African-American educator and mentor who died in 1997 at the age of 103. In the story, "Miss Josie" welcomes a young boy into her Washington, D.C., home for a visit just as she had welcomed the boy's father when he was an impoverished student. The real fondness between Miss Jo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
