Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color

Written by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Published by Boyds Mills/Wordsong.

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Through twenty-four sonnets, two Connecticut poets imagine the voices of selected “Little Misses of Color” to tell the courageous story of Prudence Crandall, who opened her nineteenth century academy to young African American women.

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ISBN:

9781590784563

Awards Won

Title Year
"" Notable Children's Books
Each year the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best of children's books on the Notable Children's Books list.
2008 - Selection(s)