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The Bell Rang

The Bell Rang - Hardcover

by James E. Ransome
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Availability:In StockContributor:James E. Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 4-8Publish date:2019-01-15Pages:40
Language:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum BooksISBN-13:9781442421134ISBN-10:1442421134UPC:9781442421134Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, People & Places, FamilyBook Topic:United StatesAward:2020 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator AwardSize:11.20 x 10.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZRCZY6TD
Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

A young slave girl witnesses the heartbreak and hopefulness of her family and their plantation community when her brother escapes for freedom in this brilliantly conceived picture book by Coretta Scott King Award winner James E. Ransome.

Every single morning, the overseer of the plantation rings the bell. Daddy gathers wood. Mama cooks. Ben and the other slaves go out to work. Each day is the same. Full of grueling work and sweltering heat. Every day, except one, when the bell rings and Ben is nowhere to be found. Because Ben ran. Yet, despite their fear and sadness, his family remains hopeful that maybe, just maybe, he made it North. That he is free.

An ode to hope and a powerful tribute to the courage of those who ran for freedom, The Bell Rang is a stunning reminder that our past can never be forgotten.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Atheneum BooksISBN-13:9781442421134ISBN-10:1442421134UPC:9781442421134Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, People & Places, FamilyBook Topic:United StatesAward:2020 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator AwardSize:11.20 x 10.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCZRCZY6TD
James E. Ransome's highly acclaimed illustrations for Before She Was Harriet received the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winner The Creation; Coretta Scott King Honor Book Uncle Jed's Barbershop; Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; and Let My People Go, winner of the NAACP Image Award. James is also a recipient of the ALA Children's Literature Legacy Award. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and their books include Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams and Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis. James is a professor and coordinator of the MFA Illustration Graduate Program at Syracuse University. He lives in New York's Hudson River Valley region with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com.
Publisher: Atheneum Books

Awards

🏆 2020 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Book - Illustrator Award

Contributor(s)

James E. Ransome, James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

Author

James E. Ransome

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