Dear mr. rosenwald - r. gregory christie

Based on the true story of the Rosenwald schools built in the rural African-American South in the 1920s, award winning writer and poet Carol Boston Weatherford tells the lyrical story of third grader Ovella as her family and community help each other build a new, and much-prayed for, school.

Renowned, award winning illustrator Gregory Christie joins Weatherford with provocative gouache illustrations with this empowering story about an African-American community who builds their own school.

Inspired by Booker T.

Washington, Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant and the president of Sears, Roebuck and Co.

, donated millions of dollars to build schools for African-American children in the rural South.