Ma Dear's Aprons

Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life for a single black mother and her son in this sweet picture book.

Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing, a different color for every day.

Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma's spirits. And so it goes until Sunday, when Ma Dear doesn't have to wear an apron and they can set aside some special no-work time, just for themselves.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 04/01/1997
ISBN: 9780689810510
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 11.34h x 8.86w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/20/1997 pg. 401
Kirkus Review - Children 03/01/1997 pg. 385
Booklist 02/15/1997 pg. 1027
School Library Journal 06/01/1997 pg. 98
New York Times 08/03/1997 pg. 14
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 292 - Superior,Well Above Average
Publishers Weekly 01/21/1997

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 17723 / Ma Dear's Aprons
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5