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Ellen's broom /

Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
Other Authors: Minter, Daniel (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2012]
Subjects:
Marriage > Juvenile fiction.
Brooms and brushes > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Juvenile fiction.
Marriage > Fiction.
Brooms and brushes > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / 19th Century.
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
African Americans > Marriage customs and rites > Juvenile fiction.
African American families > Juvenile fiction.
Online Access:Cover image
Description
Summary:Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Awards:Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, 2013.
ISBN:9780399250033 (hardback)
0399250034 (hardback)