New Boy in School
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Title
New Boy in School
Collection
The Black Experience in Children's Books: Selections from Augusta Baker's Bibliographies
Names
Justus, May, 1898-1989 (Author)
Payne, Joan Balfour (Illustrator)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1963
Place: New York
Publisher: Hastings House
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc E 89-25
Subjects
Genres
Books
Children'S Literature
Illustrations
Physical Description
Extent: 56 p. illus. 24 cm.
Abstract
When his family moves from Louisiana to Tennessee, seven-year-old Lennie discovers he is the only black person in his classroom.
Languages
Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 62022122 /AC/L/r842
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG88-B85738
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11216152
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f7f7c040-5c1b-0134-c01d-00505686a51c
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Date Issued
1963
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "New Boy in School" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7f7c040-5c1b-0134-c01d-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1963). New Boy in School Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7f7c040-5c1b-0134-c01d-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "New Boy in School" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f7f7c040-5c1b-0134-c01d-00505686a51c
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