Freedom in Congo Square
Carole Boston Weatherford$16.14
$18.99
Winner of a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction
Starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and The Horn Book Magazine
A Junior Library Guild Selection
This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. Mondays, there were hogs to slop,
mules to train, and logs to chop.
Slavery was no ways fair.
Six more days to Congo Square. As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This book includes a forward from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, as well as a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Published: 01/05/2016
ISBN: 9781499801033
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.80w x 0.60d
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Review Citations: School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 130
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2015
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2015
Booklist 11/15/2015 pg. 40
Shelf Awareness 02/05/2016
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 41
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 179189 / Freedom in Congo Square
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2016
A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction
Starred reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, and The Horn Book Magazine
A Junior Library Guild Selection
This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human's capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom's heart. Mondays, there were hogs to slop,
mules to train, and logs to chop.
Slavery was no ways fair.
Six more days to Congo Square. As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This book includes a forward from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, as well as a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Bee Books
Published: 01/05/2016
ISBN: 9781499801033
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.80w x 0.60d
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Review Citations: School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 130
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2015
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2015
Booklist 11/15/2015 pg. 40
Shelf Awareness 02/05/2016
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 93
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
School Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 41
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 179189 / Freedom in Congo Square
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5