The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By Rita Lorraine Hubbard (Author), Oge Mora (Illustrator)

Mary Walker was born into slavery in 1848. After a lifetime of hard work, and as the remaining survivor of her family, she realizes a goal of learning to read at 116 years of age. 


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