Miss Greene's Secret Text by Eleanor Spicer Rice Carol listened closely to the

Carol listened closely to the drums’ heartbeat until one day Moshum made her a drum of her very own

After getting an MA in early childhood education from NYU

Malaka Gharib

this book is widely revered as the essential text for anyone interested in traditional slöjd (Swedish handcraft) and the art of working with green wood

A New York Times Best Children's Book of 2020

Miss Greene's Secret Text by Eleanor Spicer Rice Carol listened closely to theShe changed her name and her past, risking everything for a chance to make her way. A remarkable graphic novel drawn from the life of Belle da Costa Greenelongtime director of the Morgan Librarywho passed into white society during the Jim Crow era. At the dawn of the twentieth century, American society continued to draw a strict racial line. Even the faintest trace of African ancestry was enough to classify a person as Black, shaping every aspect of