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Down Home at Miss Dessa's

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Book Description
Two young girls take care of their elderly neighbor, Miss Dessa, by fixing her eyeglasses with blue yarn, helping her sew a quilt, taking her biscuits and jam, and tucking her into bed at night, in a beautiful depiction of life of the South fifty years ago. Tour.
Book Information
PublisherLee & Low Books
BindingLibrary Binding (2 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-101880000393
ISBN-13978-1880000397
Publication Date10/1996
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About Bettye Stroud (Author) : Bettye Stroud is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Bettye Stroud include The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedom, The Reconstruction Era (The Dr... more
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About Felicia Marshall (Illustrator) : Felicia Marshall is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Felicia Marshall include Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom (On My Own History), Sometimey F... more
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