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For Barb McNally,
thank you for helping me share my words.
–Shana

For Brad Henderson,
thank you for your many pep talks and endless patience.

—Kayla

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’d like to thank Bradley Alston, Urban Ranger, the Baltimore National Heritage Area, and the Frederick Douglass-
Isaac Myers Maritime Park and Museum/Living Classrooms-Baltimore, for taking the time to discuss all history
related to Frederick Douglass. The tour, as well as Bradley’s personal insight, proved invaluable. I’d also like to
thank Shauntee Daniels, executive director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area (www.explorebaltimore.org),
for introducing me to Mr. Alston. And finally, a special thanks to Kaili Lockbeam, registrar and collection
manager, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, for answering my questions and sharing her love of history with me.
—Shana

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Keller, Shana, 1977- author. | Stark, Kayla, illustrator.
Title: Bread for words / written by Shana Keller ;
illustrated by Kayla Stark.
Description: Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2020]
| Audience: Ages 6-10 | Summary: “Frederick Douglass knew that learning to read and write
would be the first step in his quest for freedom. Told from first-person perspective and using
some of Douglass’s own words, this biography draws from his experiences as a young boy
and his attempts to learn how to read and write.”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019036853 | ISBN 9781534110014 (hardcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895—Childhood and youth—Juvenile literature.
| Slaves—Maryland—Biography—Juvenile literature. | Slaves—Books and reading—Maryland—History—
19th century—Juvenile literature. | Literacy—Maryland—History—19th century—Juvenile literature.
| Writing—Southern States—History—19th century—Juvenile literature. | Abolitionists—United
States--Biography--Juvenile literature. | African American abolitionists—Biography—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC E449.D75 K45 2020 | DDC 973.8092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036853

P 30 Frederick Douglass / engraved by A.H. Ritchie.,1868.
[Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Publishing Co] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2014645333/.

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