ALICE FAY DUNCAN books - Bank Street College of Education 'The Best Children's Books of the Year [2023 edition]'

Bank Street College of Education | April 1, 2023

Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free: The True Story of The Grandmother of Juneteenth by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo. Tommy Nelson/Thomas Nelson. ISBN: 978-1-4002-3125-6

Yellow Dog Blues by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Chris Raschka. Eerdmans BFYR/Eerdmans. ISBN: 978-0-8028-5553-4

The Struggle for the Right to Vote by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charly Palmer. Calkins Creek/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House. ISBN: 978-1-68437-979-8

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