Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford

Cassandra and her family have moved to her parents hometown in Texas, but it doesnt feel like home to Cassandra until she experiences Juneteenth, a Texas tradition celebrating the end of slavery. Readers of all ages will delight in this declaration of freedom and homecoming. Lee & Low Books, 1995 - Juvenile Fiction - 32 pages. And, in the process, she realizes that she and her family have indeed come home.With text and illustrations as warm as a summer day, author Carole Boston Weatherford and artist Yvonne Buchanan bring the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth to life for children. she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth. It isn’t until Cassie and her family arrive downtown that she discovers what the commotion is about. As she helps prepare red velvet cake, fried chicken, and piles of other dishes, she wonders what makes June 19th so important. Juneteenth Jamboree By Carole Boston Weatherford, Yvonne Buchanan (Illustrator) Cover Image.

Cassie likes her new house, and her new school is okay, but Texas doesn’t quite feel like home yet.What Cassie doesn’t know is that her family has a surprise for her - a Texas tradition. Bonnier/Little Bee (S&S, dist.), 17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4998-0103-3 Located in what is now the Treme neighborhood, Congo Square was. Cassandra’s family has just moved from the city back to her parents’ hometown in Texas. A young girl, who has just moved to her parents’ hometown, realizes that she has come home after the African American emancipation celebration of Juneteenth.

Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford