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Frederick Douglass holidays & heroes holidays & heroes The popular New titles! deRuberti & series returns! holidays & heroes New editions! holidays heroes s HOLIDAYS & HEROES brings to life the people whose holidays we celebrate throughout the year. Enriched with colorful historical Let’s Celebrate images, books in this series will engage children in the stories behind our holidays and the people they honor. EMANCIPATION DAY Each book in the HOLIDAYS & HEROES series: ◆ tells the engaging story of the people and events behind a holiday & JUNETEENTH ◆ provides visual context using artwork, photos, and other images LET’S CELEBRATE EMANCIPATION DAY & JUNETEENTH DAY EMANCIPATION LET’S CELEBRATE holidays ◆ supports and extends reading skills & ◆ includes website activities that enrich the learning experience heroes “The Holidays & Heroes series…is highly recommended.” —Midwest Book Review “This reader-friendly nonfiction may inspire further inquiry into the life of [Martin Luther King Jr.] and may encourage kids to be mindful of King’s ideals of fairness and equality, not only in January but all year round.”—Booklist (for Let’s Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day) Let’s Celebrate EMANCIPATION DAY & JUNETEENTH Abolitionists like Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth fought for freedom from slavery for all African Americans. They fought with speeches, writings, and even daring rescue missions! Every year on both Emancipation Day and Juneteenth, we honor and continue their fight for freedom and equality. LET'S CELEBRATE EMANCIPATION DAY KANE PRESS ISBN-13: 978-1-63592-061-1 50795 INTEREST LEVEL: GRADES 1–4 Visit www.kanepress.com to view all titles! BY 9 781635 920611 Barbara deRubertis Dear Parents and Educators, Additional series from Kane Press We hope you enjoy HOLIDAYS & HEROES! Animal Antics A to Z® (Grades PreK–2 • Ages 3–8) Winner of two Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Awards Each book in this series tells the story of an important American “A great product for any class learning about letters!”—Teachers’ Choice Award reviewer holiday and the hero or heroes who are honored on that day. With richly detailed information presented simply for children, and with How to Be an Earthling® (Grades 1–3 • Ages 6–9) Winner of a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Best Chapter Book Series the integration of colorful original illustrations, photographs, and “I’m so glad Spork landed on Earth! His misadventures are playful and sweet, and other historical images, we have designed the new editions of this I love the clever wordplay!”—Becca Zerkin, former children’s book reviewer for the New York Times Book Review and School Library Journal popular Kane Press series to appeal to today’s young learners. We have also added new titles to spark further curiosity about our Let’s Read Together® (Grades PreK–3 • Ages 4–8) “Storylines are silly and inventive, and recall Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat for the nation’s holidays. building of rhythm and rhyming words.”—School Library Journal Author Barbara deRubertis, with over 30 years of experience as Makers Make It WorkTM (Grades K–3 • Ages 5–8) “All titles from the Makers Make It Work series encourage creativity and also a teacher and librarian, understands children’s deep-seated desire support STEAM initiatives. Highly recommended.”—Children’s Bookwatch to read and learn. It is our sincere hope that HOLIDAYS & HEROES Math Matters® (Grades K–3 • Ages 5–8) will engage, inform, inspire, and motivate children by helping Winner of a Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award them connect to the people and events that make up an integral “These cheerfully illustrated titles offer primary-grade children practice in math as well as reading.”—Booklist part of our country’s history. The Milo & Jazz Mysteries® (Grades 2–5 • Ages 7–11) Happy reading—and learning! Book Links’ Best New Books for the Classroom “Gets it just right.”—Booklist, starred review (for The Case of the Stinky Socks) —The Kane Press Team Mouse Math® (Grades PreK & up • Ages 4 & up) “The Mouse Math series is a great way to integrate math and literacy into your early childhood curriculum. My students thoroughly enjoyed these books.” Visit www.kanepress.com to see all titles in the HOLIDAYS & HEROES series: —Teaching Children Mathematics Let’s Celebrate Columbus Day Let’s Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Science Solves It!® (Grades K–3 • Ages 5–8) Let’s Celebrate Constitution Day Let’s Celebrate Memorial Day “The Science Solves It! series is a wonderful tool for the elementary teacher who Let’s Celebrate Earth Day Let’s Celebrate New Year’s Day wants to integrate reading and science.”—National Science Teachers Association Let’s Celebrate Election Day Let’s Celebrate Presidents’ Day Social Studies Connects® (Grades K–3 • Ages 5–8) Let’s Celebrate Emancipation Day Let’s Celebrate Thanksgiving Day “This series is very strongly recommended. .”—Children’s Bookwatch & Juneteenth Let’s Celebrate Veterans Day “Well done!”—School Library Journal Let’s Celebrate Independence Day Let’s Celebrate Women’s Equality Day Let’s Celebrate Labor Day .com Let’s Celebrate EMANCIPATION DAY & JUNETEENTH BY Barbara deRubertis Kane Press New York For activities and resources for this book and merican history is filled with stories of others in the HOLIDAYS & HEROES series, visit: A www.kanepress.com/holidays-and-heroes people working for noble causes—like freedom, justice, and equality. Text copyright © 2018 by Barbara deRubertis Photographs/images copyrights: Cover: © Jacob 09/Shutterstock; page 1: © Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock; page 3: © But there was also a terrible part of America’s Billy Calzada/Zumapress/Newscom; page 4: © Everett Historical/Shutterstock; page 5: © Everett Historical/Shutterstock; page 6 top: © National Archives/NARA; page 6 bottom: © Razoom Game/Shutterstock; page 7: © The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library; page 8 top: © Library of history called slavery. This allowed people to Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-40758; page 8 inset 1: © Neftali/Shutterstock; page 8 inset 2: © Rook 76/Shutterstock; page 8 inset 3: © Neftali/Shutterstock; page 9: © Everett Historical/Shutterstock; page 10: © Library own other people—as if they were property. of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-03004; page 10 inset: © Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo; page 11: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-93268; page 12: © Architect of the Capitol/ Artis Lane, sculptor; page 13: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-52069; page 14: © It took about 250 years, a war, and three kinds Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-54230; page 15: © Everett Historical/Shutterstock; page 16: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-03235; page 16 inset: © Rainer Lesniewski/ of legal action to finally end slavery. Shutterstock; page 17: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-19241; page 18: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-18444; page 19: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-0; page 20: © MPVHistory/Alamy Stock Photo; page 21: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs The freeing of enslaved people is called Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-34584; page 22: © Harper’s/Library of Congress, LOC-LC-USZ62-127599; page 23 top: © Everett Historical/Shutterstock; page 23 inset: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ds-03296; page 24: “Emancipation.” It is celebrated on two different © Tom Williams/Roll Call Photos/Newscom; page 25: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG- pga-02797; page 26: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-pga-08518; page 26 inset: © Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-cwpb-05697; page 27: © Calyx22 | Dreamstime.com; page 28: © Steve dates in our country. The District of Columbia Gonzales/Houston Chronicle/Associated Press; page 29: © Viktoria Hodos/Shutterstock; page 30: © Melissa Lyttle/Zuma Press/ Newscom; page 31: ©Ricky Fitchett/Zuma Press/Newscom; page 32: © Jacob 09/Shutterstock; back cover: celebrates on April 16th. Texas and 45 other © Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock All due diligence has been conducted in identifying copyright holders and obtaining permissions. states celebrate on June 19th—or “Juneteenth.” All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission Young girls celebrate Juneteenth in Texas. in writing from the publisher. For information regarding permission, contact the publisher through its website: www. kanepress.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: deRubertis, Barbara, author. Title: Let’s celebrate Emancipation Day & Juneteenth / by Barbara deRubertis. Description: New York : Kane Press, 2018. | Series: Holidays & heroes Identifiers: LCCN 2017051917 (print) | LCCN 2017052195 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635920628 (ebook) | ISBN 9781635920604 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781635920611 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Juneteenth--Juvenile literature. | Slaves--Emancipation--Texas--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature. | Slaves--Emancipation--United States--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature. | African Americans--Anniversaries, etc.--Juvenile literature. Classification: LCC E185.93.T4 (ebook) | LCC E185.93.T4 D47 2018 (print) | DDC 326/.809764--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017051917 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First published in the United States of America in 2018 by Kane Press, Inc. Printed in China Like us on Facebook facebook.com/kanepress Book Design and Photograph/Image Research: Maura Taboubi Follow us on Twitter Visit us online at www.kanepress.com. @KanePress 3 White plantation owners in the South bought the largest numbers of slaves. The huge cotton fields there required a lot of hard work. The owners came to depend on slaves to get the work done.
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