Juneteenth for Mazie
Author
Floyd Cooper
Illustrator
Floyd Cooper
Published
2/1/2015
Age Groups
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Floyd Cooper
Illustrator
Floyd Cooper
Published
2/1/2015
Age Groups
Early Elementary (5-8)
Author
Floyd Cooper
Illustrator
Floyd Cooper
Published
2/1/2015
Age Groups
Early Elementary (5-8)
Summary of Book
Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.
Author / Illustrator Biography
Award-winning author/illustrator Floyd Cooper received a Coretta Scott King Award for his illustrations in The Blacker the Berry and a Coretta Scott King Honor for his illustrations in Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea and I Have Heard of a Land. He lives in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife and children.