Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Halfmann, Janet

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781620141632)

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Format: Hardcover
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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Halfmann, Janet

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

$20.95
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School by Halfmann, Janet

Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School

$20.95
Format: Hardcover
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This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

Born into slavery around 1821 in Petersburg, Virginia, Lilly Ann Granderson secretly learned to read and write from her master's children. Lilly Ann read everything she could get her hands on, and through newspapers, she learned of places in the North where slavery had been abolished. She longed to have that freedom too.

As Lilly Ann's reading and writing skills improved, she shared her knowledge with others by starting a school. After toiling for their masters all day, Lilly Ann's students would slip nervously into the night to attend her "midnight" school. Every noise reminded them of the painful punishment they faced if they were found out. But the students were willing to risk any danger for the chance at an education. Over the years, hundreds of enslaved men and women learned to read and write under their teacher's patient guidance.

Midnight Teacher is an inspiring testament to an amazing instructor and pioneer in education. Lilly Ann Granderson's steadfast courage in the face of adversity provides an inspiring model for all who attempt to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.



Author: Janet Halfmann
ISBN-10: 1620141639
ISBN-13: 9781620141632
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Language: English
Published: 02/13/2018
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.80h x 8.90w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 502672 / Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/18/2017
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2018 pg. 86
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 46
School Library Journal 02/01/2018 pg. 112
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
By Janet Halfmann
By Janet Halfmann
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Janet Halfmann is the author of more than forty books for children, including Lee & Low's Midnight Teacher, which Kirkus called "An excellent homage to an African-American woman who taught ahead of her time" in a starred review. When she's not writing, Halfmann enjoys working in the garden, exploring nature, visiting new places, especially wildlife areas and living-history museums, and watching movies. Halfmann lives with her husband in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

London Ladd graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Illustration. He works primarily in acrylic print in a painterly style, for which his picture book illustrations have been highly praised. He carries a sketchbook and paints with him everywhere he goes. Ladd and his family live in Syracuse, New York.

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