Eloise Greenfield'Three [African-American] women--grandmother, mother, daughter--recall significant aspects of their respective childhoods [from the 1800s through the 1950s].The effect is poignant and moving [as familiar patterns develop]: household chores, school life and socials, encounters with prejudice, love of family, pride of heritage.' --H.
Notable 1979 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC) 1980 Carter G. Woodson Outstanding Merit Book (NCSS) 1979 Children's Book Show (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Children's Books of 1979 (Library of Congress)
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I love Childtimes by Eloise Greenfield. I read Childtimes as a fifth grader. It was a wonderful book that should be read by all--young and old.
