The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks
Book description
The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept—without malice—the bitter challenge of their special world. Published in 1963, 230 pages.
Description from the book jacket
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Discussion questions
Kansas Reads: The Learning Tree discussion questions
Additional information
Kansas Reads the Learning Tree by the Kansas Center for the Book
The Gordon Parks collection at Pittsburg State University in the Leonard H. Axe Library.
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