I Just Want to Say Good Night Cover:Hardcover historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines

historian Joel Augustus Rogers examines the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem

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Based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped the lives of thousands of children

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I Just Want to Say Good Night Cover:Hardcover historian Joel Augustus Rogers examinesCaldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadoras stunning oil paintings illustrate this delightful bedtime tale, set on the African plains. The sun has set and the moon is rising, and that means its bedtime. But not if Lala has a saybecause shes not ready to go to sleep! First she needs to say good night to the cat. And the goat. And the chickens. And, and, and . . . Lalas adorable stalling strategy will ring true for all parents whose little ones arent ready