Let My People Go (book) explained
Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color is a 1998 book by Patricia McKissack. Set in 19th century South Carolina, it is about a freed slave, Price Jeffries, who uses Bible stories from the Old Testament to answer questions that his daughter, Charlotte, poses about the things she sees around her.
Reception
Booklist, in its review of Let My People Go, called it "stirring" and concluded, "With the rhythm and intimacy of the oral tradition, this is storytelling for family and group sharing and also for talking about history and our connections with the universals of the Old Testament." School Library Journal found it "A masterful combination of Bible stories and African-American history."[1]
Let My People Go has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[2] The Horn Book Magazine.[3] Library Media Connection,[4] Multicultural Review,[5] and Parenting.[6]
Awards
- 1998 Capital Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens[7]
- 1998 CCBC Choice[8]
- 2000 Anne Izard Storytellers' Award - winner[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Let my people go: Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-16 . Buffalo and Erie County Public Library . March 9, 2017.
- Web site: Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told By A Freeman Of Color . Readers will likely return to this extraordinary volume again and again, knowing that the answers to life's painful questions reside in the stories of faith that have comforted others for thousands of years. . September 28, 1998 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. March 9, 2017.
- Book: Run Away Home . Though somewhat elaborate, the framework is skillfully set up, and the stories of African-American slavery in the early 1800s and retellings of Old Testament stories are relevantly paired and well told. . kcls.bibliocommons.com . 1998 . Atheneum Books for Young Readers . 978-0-689-80856-2 . 36865694 . March 9, 2017.
- Web site: Let my people go: Bible stories told by a freeman of color to his daughter Charlotte, in Charleston, South Carolina, 1806-16: Reviews . A compelling book to read and enjoy. Highly Recommended. . catalog.wccls.org . March 9, 2017.
- June 1999 . Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color (Book) . Multicultural Review . GP Subscription Publications . 8 . 2 . 111 . March 9, 2017.
- December 1998 . Bible Books for Kids . Parenting . Bonnier Group . 12 . 10 . 99 . March 9, 2017.
- Web site: Capital Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens: 1998 Books for Ages Ten to Fourteen . capitolchoices.org . Capital Choices . March 12, 2017.
- Book: CCBC Choices 1998: Fiction for Children . Kathleen T. Horning . Ginny Moore Kruse . Megan Schliesman . 1999 . Friends of the CCBC Inc. . March 12, 2017.
- Web site: Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award Winner . 16. westchesterlibraryassociation.org . Westchester Library Association . March 12, 2017.
