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Dear Benjamin Banneker

Dear Benjamin Banneker

by Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator), Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author), Brian Pinkney (Illustrator)

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    Paperback 1998

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Synopsis

Benjamin Banneker was born free when most blacks in this country were still enslaved. But it troubled him that not all blacks were free. An accomplished astronomer and mathematician, he decided to take a stand against slavery by writing to then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. This is the story of their extraordinary correspondence.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 32
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Voyager Paperbacks
Published: 01 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0152018921
ISBN 13: 9780152018924

Media Reviews
A nice introduction to a very important person in American history. --American Bookseller
Author Bio
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times best-selling author of several books for young readers, including the novel Bird in a Box, a Today Show Al Roker Book Club for Kids pick, and Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Additional works include the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor book Duke Ellington, illustrated by her husband, Brian Pinkney; and Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters, a Coretta Scott King Honor book and winner of the Carter G. Woodson Award. Andrea Davis Pinkney lives in New York City. Brian Pinkney is a celebrated picture-book illustrator who has won two Caldecott Honors. His many professional tributes also include the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honors. He has collaborated with his wife, author Andrea Davis Pinkney, on several picture books including Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra and Sleeping Cutie. The Pinkneys live in Brooklyn, New York.