More than anything else

by Marie Bradby

Other authorsChris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Paper Book, 1995

Other editions

Description

Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.

Awards

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Picture Book — 1998)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Picture — 1998)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 1997)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 1997)
ILA Children's and Young Adults' Book Award (1996)
5 more
Notable Book for a Global Society (1996)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Primary — 1996)
Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!) (West Virginia)
Notable Children's Book (1996)
Teacher Favorites Award (1994-1996)

Subjects

AFRICAN AMERICANS Fiction
Books and reading Fiction
Salt workers Fiction
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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