Author: Rita Lorraine Hubbard
Call Number: E444.W235 Hub

When is someone too old to learn? According to Mary Walker, a slave who was freed at age 15 during the Emancipation in 1863, the answer is apparently “never”. Be transported through the remarkable story of Mary’s life by the book’s delightful scrapbook design conceived by award-winning illustrator Oge Mora. Find out why learning to read is like flying to Mary; and be touched by the tale of how much she yearned to read, how life interfered with that dream, and how she achieved the remarkable feat of learning to read at the age of 114. Come celebrate the indomitable will of the human spirit and discover the liberation that comes with the ability to read.