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Ellen's Broom

Lyons, Kelly Starling. Book - 2012 E LYO, Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Lyons, Kelly Starling 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.5 out of 5

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This story of an African American wedding explains the history of the custom of jumping the broom, and the time when slaves had not been allowed to legally marry before the post-slavery Reconstruction era.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

READING LEVEL
Lexile: 610

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780399250033
0399250034

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Minter, Daniel.

SUBJECTS
African Americans -- Marriage customs and rites -- Fiction.
African American families -- Fiction.