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Ma Dear's Aprons
By McKissack, Pat & Cooper, Floyd
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-051-0
- Publisher
- New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1997
Gr 1-4 McKissack recounts the weekly routines of her great-grandmother, Ma Dear, through the eyes of David Earl, Ma Dear's son. Each morning the young boy sees his mother put on a different apron, one for each day's chore. The work is described in carefully chosen detail. Laundry is done by heating water, scrubbing each piece on the rub board, and using peach leaves in the final rinse. Ma Dear and David Earl take the sweet-smelling, neatly ironed and folded...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
