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Print Material

Author

Lyons, Kelly Starling.

Title Ellen's broom / Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Lakeside Everybody Book	E LYO	---	Available
Meadowlark Everybody Book	E LYO	---	Available
Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Picture Book	PICT Lyons	---	Available

Description	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Summary	Cherishing the special broom resting above her hearth for its representation of the slave heritage that once forbade legal marriages, Ellen prepares for her parents' triumphant registry at a Reconstruction-era courthouse as lawful husband and wife and proudly carries the broom so that they can repeat a cultural wedding tradition.
Source	NBK 2/12 PPLY
Subject	African Americans -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
	Weddings -- Fiction.
	Reconstruction -- Fiction.
	United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction.
Added Author	Minter, Daniel, illustrator.
ISBN	9780399250033 (lib. bdg.)
	0399250034 (lib. bdg.)