CC Cycle 3

Picture Books for Cycle 3
 

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1. Follow the drinking gourd

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Author:
Winter, Jeanette
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Week 9
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Athens Drive Community - Picture Books
E WINTER
Cary Regional - Picture Books
E WINTER
Fuquay-Varina Community - Picture Books has 2
E WINTER
Description:
By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.

2. The price of freedom: how one town stood up to slavery

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Author:
Fradin, Judith Bloom
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3 stars
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J973.7 FRADI
Northeast Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J973.7 FRADI
Oberlin Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J973.7 FRADI
Description:
Documents the efforts of an Ohio community to secure the freedom of escaped slave John Price, examining various aspects of Price's escape from Kentucky, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and the heroic showdown.

3. Liberty or death: the surprising story of runaway slaves who sided with the British during the American Revolution

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Author:
Blair, Margaret Whitman
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Cary Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J973.3 BLAIR
Fuquay-Varina Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J973.3 BLAIR
Holly Springs Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J973.3 BLAIR
Description:
Examines the story of African-American runaway slaves who fought on the side of the British Royal Army during the American Revolution in exchange for the promise of freedom.