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Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington

48 pp. | Little | December, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-08657-8 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Bryan Collier. The emphasis of this brief portrait of Booker T. Washington is on his quest for knowledge: as a young boy living in slavery, wanting to learn to read, and then as a young adult attending the Hampton Institute. Watercolor and collage illustrations show the powerful determination on the subject's face, and everything about the bookmaking reverberates with the importance of books and learning. Timeline. Bib.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2013