Angela Johnson Books
Tell me a story,Mama
Summary, A young girl and her mother remembertogether all the girl's favorite stories about her mother's childhood.
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Do like Kyla
Summary, A little girl imitates her big sister Kyla all day, until in the evening Kyla imitates her.
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When I am old with you
A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch.
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The leaving morning
On the leaving morning, a child watches for the moving men, has a cup of cocoa in the deli across the street, and leaves lip marks on the window of the apartment before departing for the new home.
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Toning the sweep
On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understa...
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The girl who wore snakes
Ali discovers that there is someone else that thinks snakes are beautiful and loves them as much as she does.
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Shoes like Miss Alice's
A child spends the day with the lively new babysitter, Miss Alice.
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Humming whispers
Sophy fears that she will become like her older sister Nicole who has schizophrenia.
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The Rolling Store
As she and a friend are loading a wagon with cookies and fans they have made, a young girl repeats the story of a wondrous Rolling Store that used to come to the country where Granddaddy lived when...
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