Song of the Trees (Paperback)

by Mildred D. Taylor (Author) "Cassie. Cassie, child, wake up now," Big Ma called gently as the new sun peeked over the horizon..." (more)
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A triumphant book...A story truly told. -- The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A triumphant book...A story truly told. (The New York Times Book Review) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Yearling (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440413966
• ISBN-13: 978-0440413967
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,586,096 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book to ignite an interest in Black history., September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This is an excellent book to introduce Black history and literary techniques. The author paints vivid pictures of the scenery that are easily pictured in one's mind. She makes excellent use of similes and comparisons. When read aloud to children, they can easily draw pictures to illustrate the setting and the characters. It is an excellent springboard to discussion of Black history and American history during the Depression.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars cute little book, October 15, 2000

By	Nickarson (caldwell,n.j. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song of the Trees (Mass Market Paperback)

i think this is a verey excellent book for a young person to get an idea about racism and prejudice all at the same time an enjoyable novel.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Song of the Trees, October 23, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Song of the Trees (Paperback)

I thought that this was a pretty good book and that I would recommend it to someone else. In this story there are these black people that own land thats a forest and these white people want to cut almost all the trees in the forest so they said that they would give them money but since they cut down more than theypaid for so one of the kids went to get there dad. he came back and set up dynimites all over and was going to kill himself and the lumber man if they didn't get out right then.