Molly Bannaky
On Sale: 01/12/2009
Molly Bannaky
On Sale: 01/12/2009
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ALA Notable Children’s Book
Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
IRA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award
About the Book
On a cold gray morning in 1683, Molly Walsh sat on a stool tugging at the udder of an obstinate cow. When she spilled the milk, she was brought before the court for stealing. Because she could read, Molly escaped the typicalpunishment of death on the gallows. At the age of seventeen, the English dairymaid was exiled from her country and sentenced to work as an indentured servant in British Colonial America. Molly worked for a planter in Maryland for seven long years. Then she was given an ox hitched to a cart, some supplies-and her freedom. That a lone woman should stake land was unheard of. That she would marry an African slave was even more so. Yet Molly prospered, and with her husband Bannaky, she turned a one-room cabin in the wilderness into a thriving one hundred-acre farm. And one day she had the pleasure of writing her new grandson's name in her cherished Bible: Benjamin Banneker.
Critical Praise
"The oversized format and stunning watercolor paintings turn this fictionalized biography of the grandmother of Benjamin Banneker into an exciting visual experience. . . . A good story in a fabulous artistic package." School Library Journal
This handsome, large-sized picture book shows her [Molly Bannaky] as a woman who was strong enough not only to survive harsh times but also to break new ground. Booklist, ALA —
Product Details
- ISBN: 9780547076768
- ISBN 10: 0547076762
- Imprint: Clarion Books
- On Sale: 01/12/2009
- Pages: 32
- List Price:12.50 CAD
- Ages: 4 to 7
- BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa
- BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- BISAC4 : JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General
