The Adventures of Minnie: Minnie Saves the Day. (children's bookshelf).(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

Black Issues Book Review | March 1, 2002| | Copyright

The Adventures of Minnie: Minnie Saves the Day by Melodye Benson Rosales Illustrated by Melodye Benson Rosales Little, Brown & Company, April 2001 $12.95, ISBN 0-316-75605-9

Set in the Depression-era 1930s in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, The Adventures of Minnie: Minnie Saves the Day takes place during a time of unyielding segregation with rigid boundaries separating white neighborhoods from black. The story centers around an African-American family, the Merriweathers and their two daughters--Hester and Anna Julia.

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