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" The sea is so wide and my boat is so small : "
Marian Wright Edelman.
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BL
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1014415
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b768785
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| Main Entry
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Edelman, Marian Wright.
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The sea is so wide and my boat is so small : : charting a course for the next generation /\ Marian Wright Edelman.
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1st ed.
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New York :: Hyperion Books,, ©2008.
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xix, 147 pages ;; 22 cm
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1401323332
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: 9781401323332
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| Contents
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A letter to parents -- A letter to teachers and educators -- A letter to neighbors and community leaders -- A letter to faith leaders -- A letter to young people : anchors and sails for life's voyage -- A letter to my grandchildren, Ellika, Zoe, Elijah, and Levi -- A letter to our leaders about America's sixth child and the cradle to prison pipeline crisis -- A letter to citizens : the creators of leaders and movements -- The mother of all issues : pregnancy and childbirth : a letter to mothers, grandmothers, and all women -- A letter to Dr. King -- A letter to God : prayers for our children, country, and world.
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A founder of the Children's Defense Fund evaluates what has been achieved and what still needs to be done in order to make the nation safe and fair for children, in a series of open letters to the author's grandchildren, the nation's leaders, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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African American children-- Conduct of life.
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Child rearing-- United States.
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Children-- United States-- Conduct of life.
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African American children-- Conduct of life.
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Child rearing.
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Children-- Conduct of life.
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Moral conditions.
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United States, Moral conditions.
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United States.
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179/.20973
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649.1
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HQ769.E3554 2008
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