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Keywords

accomplishment, african american, american, animals, bedtime, buildings, change, church, community, cow, crowd, discrimination, education, election, equality, family, food, freedom, hard work, helping, horse, learning, letters, multicultural, night, parents, prejudice, quilt, relationship, school, shopping, signs, teaching, writing

Title

Papa's mark

Description

Simms teaches his father how to write. For many years, Simm's father struggled when writing his own name. However, Papa learns just in time so he can vote in the first election which gave Blacks the right to vote.

Author

Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn

Publisher

Holiday House

Illustrator

Bootman, Colin

ISBN

0-8234-1650-x

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2003

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn, 2010

Citation

Battle-Lavert, Gwendolyn, “Papa's mark,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 24, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13472.