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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

ISBN-100671769693

ISBN-139780671769697

eBay Product ID (ePID)348860

Product Key Features

Book TitleUncle Jed's Barber Shop

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1993

TopicPeople & Places / United States / African American, General, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism

IllustratorRansome, James E., Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorMargaree King Mitchell

FormatPicture Book

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight16.3 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN91-044148

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromPreschool

Dewey Decimal[E]

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisCoretta Scott King Award winner A young girl's beloved uncle is a talented barber without a shop who never gives up on his dream in this richly illustrated, stirring picture book. Everyone has a favorite relative. For Sarah Jean, it's her Uncle Jed. Living in the segregated South of the 1920s, where most people are sharecroppers, Uncle Jed is the only black barber in the county and has to travel all over the county to cut his customers' hair. He lives for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But there are a lot of setbacks along the way. Will Uncle Jed ever be able to open a shiny new shop?, Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a kind heart and a warm smile. And he had a dream. Everyone has a favorite relative. For Sarah Jean, it was her Uncle Jed. Living in the segregated South of the 1920s, where most people were sharecroppers, Uncle Jed had to travel all over the county to cut his customers' hair. He lived for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But it was a long time, and many setbacks--from five-year-old Sarah Jean's emergency operation to the bank failures of the Great Depression--before the joyful day when Uncle Jed opened his shiny new shop and twirled a now grown-up Sarah Jean around in the barber chair. With James E. Ransome's richly colored paintings brimming with life, this is a stirring story of dreams long deferred and finally realized., Sarah Jean's Uncle Jed was the only black barber in the county. He had a kind heart and a warm smile. And he had a dream.Living in the segregated South of the 1920's, where most people were sharecroppers. Uncle Jed had to travel all over the county to cut his customers' hair. He lived for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But it was a long time, and many setbacks, from five-year-old Sarah Jean's emergency operation to the bank failures of the Great Depression, before the joyful day when Uncle Jed opened his shiny new shop -- and twirled a now grown-up Sarah Jean around in the barber chair.With James Ransome's richly colored paintings brimming with life, this is a stirring story of dreams long deferred and finally realized.

LC Classification NumberLC 91-44148