Picture Book 23 / Mississippi Morning

Title	Mississippi Morning
Author	Ruth Vander Zee
Illustrator	Floyd Cooper
Publication Year	2004
Awards	n/a
Publisher	Eerdmans Book for Young Readers
ISBN	0-8028-5211-4
Readability Score (GLE = Grade Level Equivalent)	Lexile
	DRA
	GLE
	Guided Reading
Genre /      Sub-Genre	Picture Book/Diversity
Theme	Losing respect for a loved one
Primary Character	James William
Secondary Characters	Ma, Pa, Red, LeRoy
Classroom Use	This book would be good to use on teaching the Golden Rule and about the history of slavery.
Book Summary	James William is friends with Red and LeRoy. LeRoy is a little black boy and he tells James about a hanging tree and the way him and his family are treated along with the men in white hoods. James finds out that his father is one of the men that wears the white hoods and he never looks at him the same again.