Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Bearden, Romare

Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689862373)

Vendor: Romare Bearden
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Bearden, Romare

Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story

$24.99
Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story by Bearden, Romare

Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story

$24.99
Format: Hardcover
Description
Description
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A brave drummer boy marches along with Union soldiers in this powerful picture book.

Li'l Dan, an enslaved boy on a Southern plantation, loves to play his drum. When a company of Union soldiers announce that the slaves have been set free, Dan has no place to go, so he follows the soldiers, who make him their mascot. But Confederate soldiers attack, and Dan discovers that he is the only one who can save his friends.

Author: Romare Bearden
ISBN-10: 0689862377
ISBN-13: 9780689862373
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 10.02h x 12.18w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 72444 / Li'l Dan, the Drummer Boy: A Civil War Story


Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2003 pg. 65
Kirkus Review - Children 08/01/2003 pg. 1012
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2003 pg. 62
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2003 pg. 589
School Library Journal 10/01/2003 pg. 114
Booklist 10/15/2003 pg. 415
BookPage 11/01/2003 pg. 47
Multicultural Review 12/01/2003 pg. 86
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 30 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2004 pg. 30 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 10/01/2004
By Romare Bearden
By Romare Bearden
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Romare Bearden (1911-1988) is internationally recognized as one of America's greatest artists and was a recipient of the President's National Medal of Arts. Bearden worked in many media, but he is best known for his collages. His work is included in museums and galleries throughout the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities, chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies, and director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American research at Harvard University. Among his many books are Colored People: A Memoir and Wonders of the African World. He won an American Book Award in 1989 for The Signifying Monkey.

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