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Tell Me a Story, Mama

by Angela Johnson · 1989

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A young girl and her mother remember together all the girl's favorite stories about her mother's childhood.

Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of thismother daughtermother daughterMore like thisLess of thismothersmothersMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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