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The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read
by Rita Lorraine Hubbard
I really like seeing these kinds of kids books. I shows not just chattel form of slavery but also the sharecropping form of slavery (for it was slavery in all but name). It didn't beat you over the head with it but in this case it's the scaffolding for the main challenge of the story: Mary Walker learning to read. Which she finally does. At 116.
My eyes did more than water at this. Reading is such a major part of my life that I cannot imagine not being able to do it. To see her succeed after such a protracted, pernicious struggle was heart wrenching.
The art work is of a style that's growing on me. Thanks to Jacob Lawrence, I now have a better appreciation for art other than photorealistic or at least crisp like Jim Lee.
Excellent stuff.
My eyes did more than water at this. Reading is such a major part of my life that I cannot imagine not being able to do it. To see her succeed after such a protracted, pernicious struggle was heart wrenching.
The art work is of a style that's growing on me. Thanks to Jacob Lawrence, I now have a better appreciation for art other than photorealistic or at least crisp like Jim Lee.
Excellent stuff.