Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
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Booker dreamed
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books. Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen. Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/04/2012
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 10.80h x 10.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780316086578
Age: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 155677 / Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
Award: Jefferson Cup - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 60
School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 110
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2012 pg. 2366
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 46
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 33
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2013 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2013 pg. 283
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 171 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Jabari Asim is an associate professor of writing at Emerson College and a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. He has written for the Washington Post and is the editor of the NCAAP magazine, The Crisis. He lives in Boston, with his wife and five children. Bryan Collier began painting at the age of fifteen and earned a B.F.A. with honors from the Pratt Institute in New York. He has illustrated over 20 picture books and has won numerous awards, including three Caldecott Honors. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.
of making friends with words,
setting free the secrets
that lived in books. Born into slavery, young Booker T. Washington could only dream of learning to read and write. After emancipation, Booker began a five-hundred-mile journey, mostly on foot, to Hampton Institute, taking his first of many steps towards a college degree. When he arrived, he had just fifty cents in his pocket and a dream about to come true. The young slave who once waited outside of the schoolhouse would one day become a legendary educator of freedmen. Award-winning artist Bryan Collier captures the hardship and the spirit of one of the most inspiring figures in American history, bringing to life Booker T. Washington's journey to learn, to read, and to realize a dream.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 12/04/2012
Pages: 48
Weight: 1.2lbs
Size: 10.80h x 10.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780316086578
Age: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 155677 / Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington
Award: Jefferson Cup - Honor Book
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Silver Medal Winner
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 60
School Library Journal 10/01/2012 pg. 110
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2012 pg. 2366
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012
Kirkus Best Children's Books 11/15/2012 pg. 46
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2012 pg. 33
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2013 pg. 99
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2013 pg. 283
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 171 - Superior,Well Above Average
About the Author
Jabari Asim is an associate professor of writing at Emerson College and a recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship. He has written for the Washington Post and is the editor of the NCAAP magazine, The Crisis. He lives in Boston, with his wife and five children. Bryan Collier began painting at the age of fifteen and earned a B.F.A. with honors from the Pratt Institute in New York. He has illustrated over 20 picture books and has won numerous awards, including three Caldecott Honors. He lives with his wife and children in Marlboro, New York.