Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer Nura Woodson Ulreic There’s the smell of lilacs

There’s the smell of lilacs in the night air

Travel through time and across the globe in this book for children aged 8-12 as they uncover bewitching tales of historical witch trials

and funny illustrations of flamingos in their natural habitats

and tries to impress the girl of his dreams

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer Nura Woodson Ulreic There’s the smell of lilacsA 2016 Caldecott Honor Book A 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book A 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until