Carter Reads The Newspaper

by Deborah Hopkinson

Synopsis

'Carter G. Woodson didn't just read history. He changed it.' As the father of Black History Month, he spent his life introducing others to the history of his people. Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day. When he was still a teenager, Carter went to work in the coal mines. There he met a man named Oliver Jones, and Oliver did something important: he asked Carter not only to read to him and the other miners, but also research and find more information on the subjects that interested them. ?My interest in penetrating the past of my people was deepened,? Carter wrote. His journey would take him many more years, traveling around the world and transforming the way people thought about history. From an award-winning team of author Deborah Hopkinson and illustrator Don Tate, this first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson emphasizes the importance of pursuing curiosity and encouraging a hunger for knowledge of stories and histories that have not been told. Illustrations also feature brief biological sketches of important figures from African and African-American history.

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Book Information

Copyright year 2019
ISBN-13 9781561459346
ISBN-10 1561459348
Class Copyright
Publisher Peachtree Publishing Company Inc.
Subject Juvenile Nonfiction
File Size 31 MB
Number of Pages 36
Language ENG
Shelf No. NF035
Grade Range 1-5
Ages 6-10
Lexile 810L