Uncle Jed’s Barbershop

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Paperback
Author: Margaree King Mitchell
Illustrator: James E. Ransome
Publisher: Aladdin
Publish Date: January 1998
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.8
EAN: 9780689819131

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Overview

Coretta Scott King Award winner

A young girl’s beloved uncle is a talented barber without a shop who never gives up on his dream in this richly illustrated, stirring picture book.

Everyone has a favorite relative. For Sarah Jean, it’s her Uncle Jed. Living in the segregated South of the 1920s, where most people are sharecroppers, Uncle Jed is the only black barber in the county and has to travel all over the county to cut his customers’ hair.

He lives for the day when he could open his very own barbershop. But there are a lot of setbacks along the way. Will Uncle Jed ever be able to open a shiny new shop?

Details

Pages: 40
Dimensions: 10.99 x 9.05 x 0.17 in
Lexile Score: 640
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0689819137

Awards

1995 Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee (Picture Book)