The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read / written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard ; illustrated by Oge Mora.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2020]Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- volume
- 9781524768287
- 9781524768294
- 1524768286
- 1524768294
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969 -- Juvenile literature
- Women slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Freedmen -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Illiterate persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Walker, Mary, 1848-1969
- Women slaves
- Slaves
- Women
- Freedmen
- Illiterate persons
- 921 WAL 306.3/62/092 B 23
- E444 .W235 H83 2020
School Library Journal starred, January 2020
Booklist starred, November 2019
Pub Weekly, November 2019
Kirkus Starred, December 2019
Horn Book, January 2020
Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2019
A picture book biography sharing the true story of the nation's oldest student, Mary Walker, who learned to read at the age of 116.
Includes bibliographical references.
K-3
P Fountas
AD830L Lexile
2.5
Some copies purchased with funds from CPSF Equity Grant - 2022.
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