Steamboat school

Title
  1. Steamboat school / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
Published by
  1. Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, [2016].
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Hopkinson, Deborah.

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Additional authors
  1. Husband, Ron
Description
  1. 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations; 27 x 29 cm
Summary
  1. In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Subject
  1. Education > Fiction
  2. Picture books
  3. Fiction
  4. Meachum, John B., 1789- > Juvenile fiction
  5. Juvenile works
  6. African Americans > Fiction
  7. Meachum, John B., 1789- > Fiction
Genre/Form
  1. Fiction.
  2. Juvenile works.
Call number
  1. JFF 17-145
Note
  1. "Inspired by a true story."
  2. "St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Hopkinson, Deborah.
Title
  1. Steamboat school / written by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.
Publisher
  1. Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, [2016].
Edition
  1. First edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Connect to:
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Added author
  1. Husband, Ron, illustrator.
LCCN
  1. 2015016315
ISBN
  1. 9781423121961
  2. 1423121961
Research call number
  1. JFF 17-145
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