Boldness and a gift for improvising verse enable eight-year-old African American Daisy Turner to triumph over an incident of discrimination in her nineteenth century rural Vermont school. Told in Daisy's voice, the book's themes of identity and self-affirmation offer a powerful lesson to today's youngsters who face similar situations of prejudice and stereotyping in twenty-first century classrooms. Suggestions on the concluding page provide creative ways for young readers to develop their own storytelling style in verse. Ages 6-10.
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: University Press of New England; 2nd Ed edition (January 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0916718239
ISBN-13: 978-0916718237
Product Dimensions: 10 x 0.1 x 8 inches
