Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir

Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessie Jones

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HarperCollins

Just the Series: Trophy Nonfiction Bk.

Series and Publisher: Trophy Nonfiction Bk.

Annotation: Childhood memoirs of three black women--grandmother, mother, and daughter-who grew up between the 1880's and the 1950's.

Genre: [Biographies]

Reviews: 4

Catalog Number: #4631982

Format: Paperback

Publisher: HarperCollins

Edition Date: 1993 Release Date: 01/30/93

Illustrator: Pinkney, Jerry,

Pages: 175 pages

ISBN: 0-06-446134-3

ISBN 13: 978-0-06-446134-4

Dewey: 920

LCCN: 77026581

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Jones, Pattie Ridley.
Little, Lessie Jones.
Greenfield, Eloise.
African Americans.
Parmele (N.C.).
Washington (D.C.).

Language: English

Reviews:

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

The loving, snapshot-like reminiscences (Getting Baptized'';Learning the Hard Way''; ``Horses and Cows'') of three African American women are embellished with family photographs and evocative drawings. Ages 9-11. (Jan.) This heroine bristles at the suggestion that she needs more than Tsugele's Broom (HarperCollins/Geringer ).

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Coretta Scott King Honor
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
NCTE Your Reading
Wilson's Children's Catalog

Word Count: 25,515

Reading Level: 5.0

Interest Level: 4-7

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.0 / points: 4.0 / quiz: 9546 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.6 / points:7.0 / quiz:Q02139

Lexile: 1000L

Guided Reading Level: X

Fountas & Pinnell: X

From the legendary children's book writer Eloise Greenfield comes the beautiful Coretta Scott King Honor-winning middle grade memoir written in collaboration with her mother and grandmother and illustrated by award-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney.

Three generations of African-American women remember their "childtimes" in this lyrical memoir spanning a century of American history. This book preserves the lives and communities of times past for future generations.

Complete with a family tree, photos from the authors' family albums, and drawings by Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney, Eloise Greenfield and Lessie Jones Little's Childtimes beautifully captures the experiences of grandmother, mother, and daughter as they recall moments from their childhood.

"The intimate details of loving and growing up and the honesty with which they are told will involve all readers, both white and black, and broaden their understanding of this country's recent past." —School Library Journal

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