Title Steamboat school : inspired by a true story, St. Louis, Missouri: 1847 / by Deborah Hopkinson ; illustrated by Ron Husband.

Publication Info.

Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2016.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 920 MEACHUM	Check Shelf
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department	LJW J PIC. BK HOPKINSON	Storage
Bristol, Main Library – Children’s Picture Book Collection	JIF HOPKINSON	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department	J PBOR HOP	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	JE HOPKINSON	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Children's Room	E HOP OLDER READER	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	OUR WORLD JJ HOPKINSON	Check Shelf
Manchester, Whiton Branch - Children's Department	OUR WORLD JJ HOPKINSON	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Juvenile Picture Book	E HOPKINSON	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J E HOPKINSON	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm
Note	"Inspired by a true story."
	"St. Louis, Missouri: 1847."
Summary	In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.2 0.5 182431.
Subject	Meachum, John B., 1789-1854 -- Juvenile fiction.
	Education -- Juvenile fiction.
	African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
	Meachum, John B., 1789-1854 -- Fiction.
	Education -- Fiction.
	African Americans -- Fiction.
	Meachum, John B., 1789-1854. (OCoLC)fst01834118
	Picture books. (OCoLC)fst01063714
Genre/Form	Picture books.
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Husband, Ron, illustrator.
ISBN	9781423121961 (hardcover)
	1423121961 (hardcover)

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