The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives

by Eloise Greenfield

Book Overview

The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by "catching" their babies at birth. The blend of Eloise Greenfield's poetry and Daniel Minter's art evokes heartfelt appreciation of the abilities of African-American midwifes over the course of time. The poem "Africa to America" begins the poetic journey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0997772077
• ISBN13: 9780997772074
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Alazar Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.7" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7