{"product_id":"africville-9781773060439","title":"Africville","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award, Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books\u003cbr\u003e Finalist for a Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Books Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen a young girl visits the site of Africville, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the stories she's heard from her family come to mind. She imagines what the community was once like --the brightly painted houses nestled into the hillside, the field where boys played football, the pond where all the kids went rafting, the bountiful fishing, the huge bonfires. Coming out of her reverie, she visits the present-day park and the sundial where her great- grandmother's name is carved in stone, and celebrates a summer day at the annual Africville Reunion\/Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfricville was a vibrant Black community for more than 150 years. But even though its residents paid municipal taxes, they lived without running water, sewers, paved roads and police, fire-truck and ambulance services. Over time, the city located a slaughterhouse, a hospital for infectious disease, and even the city garbage dump nearby. In the 1960s, city officials decided to demolish the community, moving people out in city dump trucks and relocating them in public housing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToday, Africville has been replaced by a park, where former residents and their families gather each summer to remember their community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Text Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e historical context\u003cbr\u003e references\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6\u003cbr\u003e With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3\u003cbr\u003e Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.4\u003cbr\u003e Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7\u003cbr\u003e Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrant, Shauntay:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eSHAUNTAY GRANT is a descendant of Black Loyalists and Black Refugees who migrated to Canada some two hundred years ago. A writer and performance artist, she has won the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize, and she has published several picture books. Shauntay also lectures in the Creative Writing Program at Dalhousie University. Her professional degrees and training include the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of British Columbia, and the Bachelor of Journalism program at the University of King's College. She lives in Halifax.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCampbell, Eva:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEVA CAMPBELL is an artist and illustrator who teaches visual art at Lester B. Pearson College UWC. She has exhibited her work in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Barbados and Ghana. Eva won the Smithsonian Children's Africana Book Award for her illustrations in \u003cem\u003eThe Matatu\u003c\/em\u003e by Eric Walters. She lives in Victoria.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645637628178,"sku":"9781773060439","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a5492aab-6a7b-485a-a128-b45eee08fc60.jpg?v=1733157592","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/africville-9781773060439","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}