Ma Dear's Aprons

by Patricia C. McKissack

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689810512
• ISBN13: 9780689810510
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Excellent book

This book is wonderfully written and accurately uses the popular southern term of endearment "Ma Dear" (short for mother dear).