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Song Of The Trees
''Song of the Trees'' is a 1975 story by author Mildred Taylor and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It was the first of her highly acclaimed series of books about the Logan family. The novella follows the time Mr. Anderson tried to cut down the trees on the Logan family's land. The story revolves around Cassie Logan who tries to save the trees on her Big Ma's land. Even though Cassie's family needed some money, something told Cassie the trees were just as valuable. ''Song of the Trees'' is followed by three sequels: ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' (1976), ''Let the Circle Be Unbroken'' (1981), ''The Road to Memphis'' (1990), and a prequel, '' The Land'' (2001). Characters The Logan family The Logan family consists of David (Papa), Mary (Mama), Caroline (Big Ma, David's mother and the children's grandmother). Their children consists of Stacey, Cassie Cassie is a feminine given name and a short form of various other given names mostly used in English-speaking countries. It is mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildred D
Mildred may refer to: People * Mildred (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Saint Mildrith, 8th-century Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet * Milred (died 774), Anglo-Saxon prelate, Bishop of Worcester * Henry Mildred (1795–1877), South Australian politician * Henry Hay Mildred (1839–1920), a son of Henry Mildred, lawyer and politician Places Canada *Mildred River, a tributary of La Trêve Lake in Québec United States * Mildred, Kansas * Mildred, Minnesota * Mildred, Missouri * Mildred, Pennsylvania * Mildred, Texas Mildred is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 368 at the 2010 census. History Mildred is located seven miles southeast of Corsicana on U.S. Highway 287 in south central Navarro County. The town was established as ... Other uses * ''Mildred'', a barquentine shipwrecked at Gurnard's Head in 1912 (see list of shipwrecks in 1912) * {{disambiguation, surname, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land (Mildred D
The Land may refer to: Film * ''The Land'' (1969 film), 1969 Egyptian film * ''The Land'' (1974 film), 1974 South Korean film * The Land (2015 film), 2015 short documentary directed by Erin Davis about an adventure playground of the same name * ''The Land'' (2016 film), coming-of-age film directed by Steven Caple Jr. Literature * The Land (Torres novel), a novel by Brazilian writer Antonio Torres published by Readers International. * ''The Land'' (Taylor novel), a novel by Mildred D. Taylor * ''Haaretz'', Israeli newspaper whose name means "The Land" (as in the Land of Israel) * ''The Land'' (newspaper), a rural newspaper in Australia owned by Fairfax Media * ''The Land'' (magazine), a Minnesota farm and rural life newspaper owned by CNHI * The Land, setting of Stephen R. Donaldson novels in '' The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever'' * The Land, setting for Robert J. Sawyer novels in '' Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy'' * The Land (poem), narrative poem by English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In Mississippi
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term Romance (literary fiction), "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek novel, Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Novellas
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picture Books By Jerry Pinkney
An image is a visual representation of something. It can be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or somehow otherwise feed into the visual system to convey information. An image can be an artifact, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s). In optics, the term “image” may refer specifically to a 2D image. An image does not have to use the entire visual system to be a visual representation. A popular example of this is of a greyscale image, which uses the visual system's sensitivity to brightness across all wavelengths, without taking into account different colors. A black and white visual representation of something is still an image, even though it does not make full use of the visual system's capabilities. Images are typically still, but in some cases can be moving or animated. Characteristics Images may be two or three- dimensional, such as a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels By Mildred D
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 American Novels
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassie Logan
''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' is a 1977 novel by Mildred D. Taylor. Part of her Logan family series, it is a sequel to her 1975 novella '' Song of the Trees''. It won the 1977 Newbery Medal. The novel is the first book in the Logan family saga, which includes four sequels (''Let the Circle Be Unbroken'' (1981), ''The Road to Memphis'' (1992), ''The Gold Cadillac'' (1987), and ''All the Days Past, All the Days to Come'' (2020)) and three prequels ('' The Land'' (2001), ''The Well: David's Story'' (1995), and '' Song of the Trees'' (1975)) as well as two novellas (''Mississippi Bridge'' (1990) and ''The Friendship'' (1987)). In the book, Taylor explores struggles of African Americans in 1930s Mississippi through the perspective of nine-year-old Cassie Logan. The novel contains several themes, including Jim Crow segregation, Black landownership, sharecropping, the Great Depression, and lynching. Plot Nine-year-old Cassie Logan lives in rural Mississippi with her three brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Road To Memphis (novel)
''The Road to Memphis'' is a historical fiction novel written by Mildred D. Taylor. It was first published in 1990 by Dial Press. It is the fifth book in the saga following: '' Song of the Trees'' (1975), ''Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry'' (1976), ''Let the Circle Be Unbroken'' (1981), and ''The Gold Cadillac'' (1987).http://litsum.com/road-to-memphis/ Chronologically, this is the second to last book in the series to focus on the Logans. A prequel, '' The Land'', was released in 2001. Taylor then released the final book in the entire saga, a sequel to ''The Road to Memphis'' titled, ''All the Days Past, All the Days to Come'', in January 2020. Summary ''The Road to Memphis'' begins in 1941 and the saga's narrator, Cassie Logan, is now 17 years old. While Cassie continues her education, her older brother Stacey has started working. He surprises the family with a brand new car, a '38 wine-colored Ford. The brand new car attracts unwanted attention from Charlie Simms who attempts to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pinkney
Jerry Pinkney (December 22, 1939 – October 20, 2021) was an American illustrator and writer of children's literature. Pinkney illustrated over 100 books since 1964, including picture books, nonfiction titles and novels. Pinkney's works addressed diverse themes and were usually done in watercolors. In 1994, Pinkney obtained the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for the book '' John Henry'' and he has received five Coretta Scott King Awards for illustration. In 2010, he received the Caldecott Medal for his book '' The Lion & the Mouse.''"Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938–Present" |
Let The Circle Be Unbroken
''Let The Circle Be Unbroken'' is the 1981 sequel to ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' (1976), written by Mildred D. Taylor. T.J.'s punishment is approaching, Stacey runs away to find work, and the Logan children's cousin, Suzella Rankin, tries to pass herself off as a white person, but fails which leads to embarrassing consequences. It won the Coretta Scott King Author Award in 1982.Coretta Scott King Book Award Complete List of Recipients—by Year , , retrieved 2008-03-20 Plot summary The Logan family goes through hard ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildred Taylor
Mildred DeLois Taylor (born September 13, 1943) is a Newbery Award-winning American young adult novelist. She is best known for her novel ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'', part of her Logan family series. Taylor is known for exploring powerful themes of family and racism faced by African Americans in the Deep South, in works that are accessible to young readers. She was awarded the 1977 Newbery Medal for ''Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'' and the inaugural NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature in 2003. In 2021, she won the Children's Literature Legacy Award. Biography Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1943, and is the great-granddaughter of a former slave who was the son of an African-Indian woman and a white landowner. As a young child she moved to Toledo, Ohio where she attended Toledo's public schools and eventually graduated from the University of Toledo in 1965. She then spent two years with the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, and, after returning to the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
