{"product_id":"9781499804799","title":"Freedom in Congo Square","description":"Now available as an ebook with audio from the author! Winner of a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration, and chosen as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book of 2016, this poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American history captures a human’s capacity to find hope and joy in difficult circumstances and demonstrates how New Orleans' Congo Square was truly freedom’s heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMondays, there were hogs to slop,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e mules to train, and logs to chop.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Slavery was no ways fair.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Six more days to Congo Square.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As slaves relentlessly toiled in an unjust system in 19th century Louisiana, they all counted down the days until Sunday, when at least for half a day they were briefly able to congregate in Congo Square in New Orleans. Here they were free to set up an open market, sing, dance, and play music. They were free to forget their cares, their struggles, and their oppression. This story chronicles slaves' duties each day, from chopping logs on Mondays to baking bread on Wednesdays to plucking hens on Saturday, and builds to the freedom of Sundays and the special experience of an afternoon spent in Congo Square. This ebook includes audio from the author, Carole Boston Weatherford, as well as from Freddi Williams Evans (freddievans.com), a historian and Congo Square expert, who wrote the foreword. Also included is a glossary of terms with pronunciations and definitions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003eAWARDS:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2017 Caldecott Honor winner\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2017 Coretta Scott King Honor winner for illustration\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book of 2016\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016: Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Starred reviews from \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"little bee books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145131737328,"sku":"9781499804799","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781499804799_p0.jpg?v=1763706721","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781499804799","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}