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Ragtime Tumpie
By Schroeder, Alan & Fuchs, Bernie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-31677-497-0
- Publisher
- Boston : Little, Brown and Co., c1989.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 1989
Gr 2-5 Full-page paintings in mellow tones of gold and brown, with warm touches of rosy pink, show black Americans in turn-of-the-century St. Louis. Smiling workers, musicians, and housewives surround the small, appealing figure of the young girl who would one day be the famous Josephine Baker. The accompanying text tells how "Tumpie," as she was then called, spent her days picking half-rotted fruit from the freight yards and gathering coal fallen from th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
