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Meet Miss Fancy
- Author
- Irene Latham
- Narrator
- Channie Waites
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 11 August 2020
- Run Time
- 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
their tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he’s never seen one in real life. More than
anything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when Miss
Fancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham’s Avondale Park.
But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won’t be allowed to pet her, after all.
The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms large
and means Frank’s dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.
Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama’s Avondale Park
until 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crow
reigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they could
make a difference
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- Author
- Irene Latham
- Narrator
- Channie Waites
- Duration
- 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9781705010594
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Large land mammals, Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Synopsis
FRANK HAS ALWAYS LOVED elephants, from their hosepipe trunks and flap-flap ears totheir tree-stump feet and swish-swish tails. But he’s never seen one in real life. More thananything, Frank wants to pet an elephant. He thinks he just might get his chance when MissFancy, a circus elephant, retires to Birmingham’s Avondale Park.But disappointment sets in quickly when Frank realizes he won’t be allowed to pet her, after all.The year is 1913 and Avondale Park is segregated. The NO COLORED ALLOWED sign looms largeand means Frank’s dream will stay a dream . . . unless he can find a way to change things.Based on the true history of Miss Fancy, who lived in Birmingham, Alabama’s Avondale Parkuntil 1934, Meet Miss Fancy is an endearing and heartrending story set in the era when Jim Crowreigned supreme, largely unchecked but for the dreams and will of those who thought they couldmake a difference
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