With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

by Suzanne Slade

Book Overview

2016-2017 Young Hoosier Book Award Intermediate Nominee

Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick. An afterword gives detailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807508977
• ISBN13: 9780807508978
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3