From Miss Ida's Porch

By Sandra Belton

Book Overview

A black community gathers to share stories in this lyrical, multi-generational picture book from Sandra Belton and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper.

Miss Ida's porch is a place where adults recall their past and where the youngsters love to listen in. On one perfect night, tales are told about two great African American performers: Duke Ellington, who stayed at Mrs. Lomax'​s house when he was shut out of whites-only hotels, and Marian Anderson, whose two historic concerts in Washington, DC, testified to the power of the civil rights movement.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0027089150
• ISBN13: 9780027089158
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5