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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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White Socks Only

White Socks Only

Geter, Tyrone
Coleman, Evelyn

Paperback

Series: Albert Whitman Prairie Paperback

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ISBN10: 080758956X
ISBN13: 9780807589564
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Published: Jan 1 1996
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.80 Depth: 9.90
Language: English

1996 Notable Book for Children, Smithsonian Magazine
Pick of the Lists, American Bookseller

In the segregated south, a young girl thinks that she can drink from a fountain marked Whites Only because she is wearing her white socks.

When Grandma was a little girl in Mississippi, she sneaked into town one day. It was a hot day--the kind of hot where a firecracker might light up by itself. But when this little girl saw the Whites Only sign on the water fountain, she had no idea what she would spark when she took off her shoes and--wearing her clean white socks--stepped up to drink. Bravery, defiance, and a touch of magic win out over hatred in this acclaimed story by Elevelyn Coleman. Tyrone Geter's paintings richly evoke its heat, mood, and legendary spirit.

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