Do You Know Them?: Families Lost and Found After the Civil War

by Shana Keller

Book Overview

A moving and triumphant picture book inspired by the printed newspaper ads placed by African Americans who were separated from family members by the Civil War, enslavement, and emancipation.

After the war's end, everyone is missing someone. Lettie's missing her family. They had been sold and lost long before enslavement was abolished. Every week, she reads the advertisements in the newspapers to her congregation. "Do you know them? I...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166591307X
• ISBN13: 9781665913072
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.5" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3