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The Library in the Woods

The Library in the Woods - Hardcover

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
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Availability:In StockContributor:Calvin Alexander Ramsey, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:8/5/2025Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:Carolrhoda Books (R)ISBN-13:9781541599123ISBN-10:1541599128UPC:9781541599123Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Books & Libraries, African American & Black, HistoricalBook Topic:United StatesSize:11.20 x 9.40 x 0.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHMM97VG2

After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the realities of the segregated South while adjusting to life in town. Instead of farming, his father works at the lumberyard, and his mother takes in laundry from the white people in town. Junior meets new friends who have a TV--and their own books! These new friends offer to take Junior to the library, and he's surprised to discover that in a clearing in the forest, there's a log cabin that houses a library for Black residents.

The library in the woods feels magical, giving Junior a sense of possibility and community. The books he checks out also help him uncover a secret he never knew about his father.

This fictional account is based on a real-life library author Calvin Alexander Ramsey frequented as a child. Ramsey's heartfelt text, accompanied by illustrations from award-winning artist R. Gregory Christie, celebrates family, libraries, and the resourcefulness of the Black community.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Carolrhoda Books (R)ISBN-13:9781541599123ISBN-10:1541599128UPC:9781541599123Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Books & Libraries, African American & Black, HistoricalBook Topic:United StatesSize:11.20 x 9.40 x 0.30 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHMM97VG2
Christie, R. Gregory: - R. Gregory Christie's illustrations have earned him many awards, including a Caldecott Honor, many Coretta Scott King Honors, and multiple spots on the New York Times' annual Best Illustrated Children's Books lists. He has been a guest speaker at conferences and libraries and teaches after school art programs all over the world. He lives in Georgia.Ramsey, Calvin Alexander: - Calvin Alexander Ramsey is an Atlanta-based playwright, photographer, folk art painter, and children's book author. His plays have been performed across the United States and his picture books have won numerous awards including an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award Honor, and a Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. He is the father of three children, all of whom are writers.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)

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Calvin Alexander Ramsey, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

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Calvin Alexander Ramsey

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