The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States

by Alliah L. Agostini

Book Overview

Winner of the 2022 Black Kid Lit Award for Best Historical title.

With colorful illustrations and a timeline, this introductory history of Juneteenth for kids details the evolution of the holiday commemorating the date the enslaved people of Texas first learned of their freedom​.

On June 19, 1865--more than two years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation--the enslaved people of Texas first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760375143
• ISBN13: 9780760375143
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Becker & Mayer
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3