Book Descriptions
for Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Eleanora E. Tate
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Gumbo Grove is once again the setting for a story involving Mary Elouise, an elementary school-aged girl whose pride in her African-American heritage grows appreciably throughout this contemporary story concerning personal self-esteem and racial pride. A visiting African-American storyteller and Mary Elouise's grandmother represent important mentors as Mary Elouise gains new insights. As she first did in JUST AN OVERNIGHT GUEST (Dial, 1980), Tate once again reliably examines sensitive, intra-racial issues directly and effectively, using lively and believable peer dialogue and motivations recognizable to readers. (Ages 9-12)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The children of Gumbo Grove Elementary School discover the contributions of many famous Afro-Americans during Black History Month.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
