Up the Learning Tree

by Marcia Vaughan

Up the Learning Tree

  • ISBN-13: 9781600604454
  • Author(s): Marcia Vaughan
  • Illustrated by: Derek Blanks
  • Subject: Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories
  • Publisher: Lee & Low
  • Imprint: Lee & Low
  • Publication Date: 28-05-2010
  • Format: p/b

Availability: In stock

£10.99
Now available in paperback, Up the Learning Tree tells a story set in pre-Civil War America, in which an enslaved boy makes friends with a white teacher as he secretly learns how to read and write while hiding in a sycamore tree outside the schoolhouse. It's a story of hope and humanity during difficult times and a poignant reminder to young readers that the freedom to learn should never be taken for granted.
About the book

Now available in paperback, Up the Learning Tree tells a story set in pre-Civil War America, in which an enslaved boy makes friends with a white teacher as he secretly learns how to read and write while hiding in a sycamore tree outside the schoolhouse. It's a story of hope and humanity during difficult times and a poignant reminder to young readers that the freedom to learn should never be taken for granted.

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