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Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School
By: Janet Halfmann
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2022: Selected for NYC Dept of Education's new Mosaic Core Curriculum Program
Teachers' Choices 2019 Reading List: International Literacy Assoc.
2019 Carter G. Woodson Honor Award: the National Council of the Social Studies
2019 Storytelling World Resource Honor Award
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018
New York Public Library Best Books of 2018
2018 Eureka! Honor Award for Excellence in
2018 Honor Award from Skipping Stones Multicultural Magazine
2018 Parents' Choice Silver Award
Featured in National Education Association Calendar for February 2019
In Mississippi in the mid-1800s, it was illegal for enslaved people to learn to read and write. Getting caught meant thirty-nine lashes with a whip as punishment. But this did not stop Lilly Ann Granderson, an enslaved woman herself. She believed in the power of education. To share her knowledge with others, she started a midnight school. In a small cabin hidden in a back alley, Lilly Ann held her secret classes. Every noise in the dark was a reminder of the punishment she and her students faced if they were found out. But the chance to learn was worth the risk. Over the years, Lilly Ann taught hundreds of enslaved people to read and write. Many of her students went on to share their knowledge with their families. Some started secret schools of their own. Others forged passes to escape to freedom in the North. Based on a true story, Midnight Teacher is an inspiring testament to a little-known pioneer in education.
Teachers' Choices 2019 Reading List: International Literacy Assoc.
2019 Carter G. Woodson Honor Award: the National Council of the Social Studies
2019 Storytelling World Resource Honor Award
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018
New York Public Library Best Books of 2018
2018 Eureka! Honor Award for Excellence in
2018 Honor Award from Skipping Stones Multicultural Magazine
2018 Parents' Choice Silver Award
Featured in National Education Association Calendar for February 2019
In Mississippi in the mid-1800s, it was illegal for enslaved people to learn to read and write. Getting caught meant thirty-nine lashes with a whip as punishment. But this did not stop Lilly Ann Granderson, an enslaved woman herself. She believed in the power of education. To share her knowledge with others, she started a midnight school. In a small cabin hidden in a back alley, Lilly Ann held her secret classes. Every noise in the dark was a reminder of the punishment she and her students faced if they were found out. But the chance to learn was worth the risk. Over the years, Lilly Ann taught hundreds of enslaved people to read and write. Many of her students went on to share their knowledge with their families. Some started secret schools of their own. Others forged passes to escape to freedom in the North. Based on a true story, Midnight Teacher is an inspiring testament to a little-known pioneer in education.
Additional Info
- By: Janet Halfmann
- Pages: 40
- ISBN: 9781620141632
- Media: Hardback
- Reading level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
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