The Great Migration - Journey to the North

We were one family among the many thousands. Mama and Daddy leaving home, coming to the city, with their hopes and their courage, their dreams and their children, to make a better life. In this beautiful collection of poems and collage artwork, award winners Eloise Greenfield and Jan Spivey Gilchrist gracefully depict the experiences of families like their own, who found the courage to leave their homes behind during The Great Migration and make new lives for themselves elsewhere. When Eloise Greenfield was four months old, her family moved from their home in Parmele, North Carolina, to Washington, D.C. Before Jan Spivey Gilchrist was born, her mother moved from Arkansas and her father moved from Mississippi. Both settled in Chicago, Illinois. Though none of them knew it at the time, they had all become part of the Great Migration. The Great Migration concludes with a bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Eloise Greenfield, Greenfield Eloise
• Assisted by: Jan Spivey Gilchrist (Illustration), Gilchrist Jan Spivey (Illustration)
• Publisher: Amistad
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780061259234
• ISBN: 978-0-06-125923-4
• No. of pages: 32
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Mankind; JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Travel, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / City & Town Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Activity Books / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Country Life