Childtimes
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1979 · Est. 3.5 hour read

Childtimes

By Eloise Greenfield, Lessie Jones Little, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)

Three generations of women share vivid childhood memories, revealing a century of history and heritage.

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179 pages· 26,750 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
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In a memoir spanning a century, three generations of African-American women—grandmother, mother, and daughter—share their childhood stories. From a Southern mill town to the fight for voting rights and the Great Depression, their memories paint a vivid picture of resilience and heritage. As they recount household chores, school life, and encounters with prejudice, their tales reveal the love and pride that bind them. What lessons will they pass on to future generations, and how do their stories shape our understanding of the past? Discover the intimate details of their lives and the history they lived through.

From the publisher

A grandmother living in a Southern mill town at the turn of the century; a mother winning the hard-fought right to vote; a daughter born the year of the Great Depression. Three generations of black women remember their “childtime” in this lyrical memoir spanning a century of American history. Their memories are sometimes happy, sometimes sad, but always vivid. Not simply a chronicle of one black family, this book preserves the lives and communities of times past for future generations.

Awards

Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor (1980)Coretta Scott King Honor (1980)
At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
179
Words
26,750
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
1000L
Themes & topics
Books about Black womenBooks about familyBooks about oral historyBooks about childhoodBooks about life in the South
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5
F&P level
~X
AR points
4
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
9546
Publication
Published
January 30, 1993
First published
January 1, 1979
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780064461344

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