Freedom in Congo Square (Charlotte Zolotow Award)

Freedom in Congo Square (Charlotte Zolotow Award)

Now available as an ebook with audio from the author!Â Winner of a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration, and chosen as aÂ New York TimesÂ Best Illustrated Book of 2016, this poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a humanâ€™s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedomâ€™s heart.

Mondays, there were hogs to slop,

mules to train, and logs to chop.

Slavery was no ways fair.

Six more days to Congo Square.

As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This ebook includes audio from the author, Carole Boston Weatherford, as well asÂ from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, who wrote the foreword. Also included is aÂ glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.

AWARDS:
2017 Caldecott Honor winner

2017 Coretta Scott King Honor winner for illustration

AÂ New York TimesÂ Best Illustrated Book of 2016

AÂ KirkusÂ ReviewsÂ Best Book of 2016

AÂ SchoolÂ Library JournalÂ Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction

Starred reviews fromÂ School Library Journal,Â Booklist,Â Kirkus Reviews, andÂ The Horn Book Magazine
Country USA
Manufacturer little bee books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-01-17
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	little bee books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-01-17
Format	Kindle eBook

Freedom in Congo Square (Charlotte Zolotow Award)

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