Storybook · From the Block Storybooks, Book 7
From the Block to Freedom Day
Our People, Our Story
Ages 4 to 8
The true story of Juneteenth, told by a grandmother to the girl who has to tell it next.
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Zuri has been chosen to tell the Juneteenth story at the Marigold Street block party, but she doesn't really know it. So Grandma Pearl tells her: the Emancipation Proclamation, the two and a half years Texas waited, the soldiers in Galveston on June 19, 1865, the first Jubilee Day, and the long walk of Opal Lee. Then it's Zuri's turn at the microphone.
A Juneteenth gift for every family that keeps the story going.
What's inside
- A complete story for ages 4 to 8, told across 15 full-color two-page pictures
- The Emancipation Proclamation, the two-and-a-half-year wait in Texas, and June 19, 1865 in Galveston
- Jubilee Day, Emancipation Park, the Juneteenth flag and Opal Lee's walk to a national holiday
- A block-party story about finding your voice
- Fact pages with sources at the back for parents and teachers
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