Bibliograph

The book itch, freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Type

Label

The book itch, freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore, Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

630L, lexileDecoding: 4 (hard), Vocabulary: 5 (very hard), Sentences: 5 (very hard), Patterns: 5 (very hard), Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The book itch

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

865711268

Responsibility statement

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, LG, 3.3, 0.5, 176563.Accelerated Reader AR, 3.3, 0.5, 176563.Reading Counts, 3-5, 3.5, 3.Reading Counts RC, 3.5.

Sub title

freedom, truth & Harlem's greatest bookstore

Summary

In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch - a book itch. how to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore. And as far as Lewis Michaux Jr. could tell, his father's bookstore was one of a kind. People from all over came to visit the store, even famous people - Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, and Langston Hughes, to name a few. In his father's bookstore people bought and read books, and they also learned from each other. People swapped and traded ideas and talked about how things could change. They came together here all because of his father's book itch. Read the story of how Lewis Michaux Sr. and his bookstore fostered new ideas and helped people stand up for what they believed in. --, From amazon.com

Target audience

primary

Contributor

Creator