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32 pp.
| Simon |
January, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-689-80076-2$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
E. B. Lewis.
Virgie wants to go to school with her brothers, but they reply that it's too far, too hard, and she's too little. Virgie asks her parents and, finally, her persistence pays off--she packs her pail for the week-long stay at the Quaker school for freed slaves. Lewis's watercolor illustrations enhance this addition to the author's collection of family stories.