{"product_id":"freedoms-school-9781423161035","title":"Freedom's School","description":"\u003cb\u003eEducation means true emancipation in this powerful story set in the rural post-Civil War South, written and illustrated by an award-winning author\/artist team.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Lizzie's parents are granted their freedom from slavery, Mama says its time for Lizzie and her brother Paul to go to a real school--a new one, built just for them. Lizzie can't wait. The scraps of learning she has picked up here and there have just made her hungry for more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe walk to school is long. Some days it's rainy, or windy, or freezing cold. Sometimes there are dangers lurking along the way, like angry white folks with rocks, or mysterious men on horseback. The schoolhouse is still unpainted, and its very plain, but Lizzie has never seen a prettier sight. Except for maybe the teacher, Mizz Howard, who has brown skin, just like her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey've finally made it to Freedom's School. But will it be strong enough to stand forever?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLesa Cline-Ransome\u003c\/b\u003e is the Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of numerous acclaimed picture books, many of which celebrate Black figures from American history, including \u003ci\u003eSatchel Paige, Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYoung Pele: Soccer's First Star\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWords Set Me Free: The Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Young Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJust a Lucky So and So\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Louis Armstrong\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGame Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams\u003c\/i\u003e. Her biography in verse of Harriet Tubman, \u003ci\u003eBefore She Was Harriet\u003c\/i\u003e (illustrated by James Ransome), received five starred reviews, was nominated for an NAACP Image award, and received a Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustration. Lesa's other books have received numerous honors and wards including NAACP Awards, \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books, \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book, New York Public Library Best Book, ALA Notable, an NCTE Notable, CBC Choice Awards, two Top 10 Sports Books for Youth, an Orbis PIctus Recommended Book, an ILA Teacher's Choice, a Jane Addams Award, a Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and a Christopher Award. She frequently collaborates with her husband, illustrated James Ransome, and they live in Rhinebeck, New York, with their four children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Ransome \u003c\/b\u003ehas received both the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and the IBBY Honor Award for his book, \u003ci\u003eThe Creation\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration for \u003ci\u003eUncle Jed's Barbershop\u003c\/i\u003e. Ransome has exhibited works in group and solo shows throughout the country and received The Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance award for his book, \u003ci\u003eThe Wagon\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1999 \u003ci\u003eLet My People Go\u003c\/i\u003e received the NAACP Image Award for Illustration and \u003ci\u003eSatchel Paige\u003c\/i\u003e was reviewed in Bank Street College of Education's \"The Best Children's Book of the Year.\" In 2001, James received the Rip Van Winkle Award from the School Library Media Specialists of Southeast New York for the body of his work. \u003ci\u003eHow Animals Saved the People\u003c\/i\u003e received the SEBA (Southeastern Book Association) Best Book of the Year Award in 2002 and the Vermont Center for the Book chose \u003ci\u003eVisiting Day \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the top ten diversity books of 2002. His work is part of both private and public children's book art collections. The Children's Book Council named James E. Ransome as one of seventy-five authors and illustrators everyone should know. He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa-Cline Ransome, and they live in Rhinebeck, New York, with their four children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656286572818,"sku":"9781423161035","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a8176e1-f026-4576-826c-debb48aa3b7b.jpg?v=1733386495","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freedoms-school-9781423161035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}