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February
Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me Ann Grifalconi
An exciting Underground Railroad escape is detailed in this handsome picture book, framed by the title's message of community and connection. A former slave takes his small granddaughter to his apple orchard, and when she asks how come he waves "hello" to everyone, he answers that he “knows them not by name, but by heart. Cause both me and my heart is free.” He talks to her of slavery times, when he carried apple seeds in his pocket and dreamed of planting them in his own soil. Then he escaped with his wife and baby (the grandchild's mama), and he describes how a brave white man, Quaker James Stanton, helped them cross the Ohio River to freedom. “We had to put our trust in the Good Lord. We’d set our hearts right, and all along the way help came when we needed it. And we got through. Yes, we got through.
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