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Carter, Dorothy Stevenson, Harvey, Illustrator

Bye, Mis' Lela

32 pp. | Farrar/Foster | January, 1998 | Trade ISBN 0-374-31013-0

(3) K-3 A little girl spends her days cared for by the loving Mis' Lela while her mother works. After Mis' Lela dies and Sugar Plum begins school, she continues to remember her caretaker by saying "Hi" as she passes her house. Large textured paintings and a rich, exemplary text portray the warm intergenerational friendship. The artist's and author's careful attention to detail humanizes Mis' Lela, Sugar Plum, and her mother.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.