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Title The sea is so wide and my boat is so small : charting a course for the next generation / Marian Wright Edelman.
Author Edelman, Marian Wright.
Publication Info. New York : Hyperion books, 2008.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  649.1 EDE    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  649.1 EDE    Check Shelves
Description 147 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents A letter to parents -- A letter to teachers and educators -- A letter to neighbors and community leaders -- A letter to faith leaders -- A letter to young people : anchors and sails for life's voyage -- A letter to my grandchildren -- A letter to leaders about America's sixth child and cradle to prison pipeline crisis -- A letter to citizens -- The mother of all issues--pregnancy and childbirth : a letter to mothers, grandmothers, and all women -- A letter to Dr. King -- A letter to God.
Summary A founder of the Children's Defense Fund evaluates what has been achieved and what still needs to be done in order to make the nation safe and fair for children, in a series of open letters to the author's grandchildren, the nation's leaders, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (summary from online).
Local Note LEASE 2008-09
Subject Child rearing -- United States.
Children -- United States -- Conduct of life.
African American children -- Conduct of life.
United States -- Moral conditions.
ISBN 9781401323332 : $19.95
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