The Great Migration: Journey to the North

We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life.

In this beautiful collection of poems and collage artwork, award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist gracefully depict the experiences of families like their own, who found the courage to leave their homes behind during the Great Migration and make new lives for themselves elsewhere.

When Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Before Jan Spivey Gilchrist was born, her mother moved from Arkansas and her father moved from Mississippi. Both settled in Chicago, Illinois. Though none of them knew it at the time, they had all become part of the Great Migration.

The Great Migration concludes with a bibliography.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 12/21/2010
ISBN: 9780061259210
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 11.30h x 9.21w x 0.36d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: School Library Journal 04/01/2011 pg. 160
Publishers Weekly 11/22/2010
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2011 pg. 105
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2011 - Book Of Special Distinction
Booklist 02/01/2011 pg. 72
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2012 pg. 11

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 141392 / Great Migration: Journey to the North
Reading Level: 3.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5