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Description
"A picture book biography of Dr. William Key, a former slave and self-trained veterinarian who taught his horse, Jim, to read and write and who together with Jim became one of the most famous traveling performance acts around the turn of the twentieth century. Includes afterword and author's sources"--
Pages
48
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2019)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2019)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Informational Books — 2019)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2019)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2019)
Orbis Pictus Award (Recommended Title — 2017)
Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Honor Book — 2017)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2021)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2019)
Notable Children's Book (Middle Readers — 2017)
Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List (Grades 3-5 — 2019)