The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson with R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

32 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction biography childrens history informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch--a book itch. How to scratch it? He started a bookstore in Harlem and named it the National Memorial African Bookstore. And as far as Lewis Michaux Jr. could tell, hi...

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