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Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history. The day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.
2015 National Parenting Publication Awards, GOLD
September 1, 2015
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
February 1, 2016
2015-2016 Carolyn W. Field Award Honors
March 1, 2016
2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist
2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award Winner - Gold
2016 Best Children's Book of the Year Mazie is frustrated by her lack of freedom until Dad teaches her about her ancestors. Large oil wash illustrations.
2015 Nautilus Awards, Silver
May 1, 2016
Award-winning author and illustrator Floyd Cooper was the illustrator of over 90 childrens books. He received the Coretta Scott King Honor Award three times and the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration in 2009 for The Blacker the Berry. From the Land of Milk and Honey was nominated for a 2013 NAACP IMAGE AWARD for literature, and These Hands was awarded the 2012 Sankei Award in Japan for outstanding illustration. Floyd traveled extensively, sharing his talents in schools and conferences across America. He lived in Easton, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Velma, and two sons, Dayton and Kai. Sadly, Floyd passed away in 2021.
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