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Name: So Many Years : a Juneteenth Story
Author: Wynter, Anne
ISBN: [978-0-06-308114-7,0-06-308114-8]

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So Many Years : a Juneteenth Story

Author: Wynter, Anne

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Follett Number: 2011UH7
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-308114-7
ISBN-10: 0-06-308114-8
Dewey: 394.263
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:

African Americans Social Life and Customs

Creative Nonfiction

Enslaved Persons Emancipation Texas

Enslaved Persons Emancipation United States

Juneteenth

Picture Books

"This poetic picture book explains the history behind Juneteenth celebrations. 'So Many Years' simultaneously acknowledges the history of slavery in the US as well as the astonishing Black resilience that has led to an enduring legacy of Black joy"--Publisher.

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The celebrated author of Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Nell Plants a Tree and a Caldecott Honor artist come together for a poetic picture book introduction to Juneteenth and its origin. Oh, how you would dance! How you would sing! How you would celebrate! With lyrical text from Anne Wynter and radiant artwork from Jerome Pumphrey, this poetic picture book explains the history behind Juneteenth celebrations. So Many Years simultaneously acknowledges the history of slavery in the US as well as the astonishing Black resilience that has led to an enduring legacy of Black joy.

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