Dear Benjamin Banneker
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Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were free. An accomplished astronomer and mathematician, he decided to take a stand against slavery by writing to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. This is the story of their extraordinary correspondence.
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Andrea Davis Pinkney says, “As an African American child growing up in the 1960s, at a time when I didn’t see others like me in children’s books, the expressiveness of Keats’s illustrations had a profound effect.”
Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song; On the Ball; The Faithful Friend; Duke Ellington; and In the Time of the Drums. His many awards include two Caldecott Honors, a Coretta Scott King Illustration Award, four Coretta Scott King Illustration Honors, and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. Brian lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and frequent collaborator, Andrea Davis Pinkney. Visit him at BrianPinkney.net.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780152018924
- Publication Date
- September 1, 1998
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 48
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 6 - 9 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 93031162
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 39779651
- Lexile® Level
- AD1100L
- Scholastic Level
- T
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Z
- ATOS® Book Level
- 6.4
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 12698
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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