Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys (Paperback)

This luminous and energetic picture book follows a young boy who takes his younger sister on her first trip to school in the Reconstruction-era South.

"Papa, Mama, can I go too?"

Virgie was always begging to go to school with us boys. My brothers had doubts. School was seven miles away--a long way from Mama. Virgie was scarcely big as a field mouse. How could she make the trip? And girls didn't really need school.

But I got to thinking: Virgie was free like we were. Free to learn. And didn't girls need to know how to write and add, too? Mama and Papa thought so. And one summer, they decided to do something about it. That was the year Virgie came to school with us boys. And she sure showed us!

Based on the lives of the author's ancestors, this story is captured in colorful artwork by Coretta Scott King honoree E.B. Lewis.

Target age group 5-8

Title details

- Weight
  0.3 lbs
- ISBN-13
  9780689877933
- ISBN-10
  0689877935
- Item #
  43459
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Age Group
6 to 8 yrs
Grade Level
K-2
Language
English
Binding
Paperback
Theme 1
History
Theme 2
Girls & Women
Detailed (BISAC) Subject/Theme
School & Education
Awards
Coretta Scott King Award - Honor
Author
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Lexile Level
520
AR Level
2.5
Dewey
Fiction
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
1/1/2005
Pages
32
Dimensions
0.11 H x 8.26 L x 7.12 W
Case Qty
59