Light in the Darkness by Lesa Cline-Ransome barn swallow 5" x 1" hard enamel

5" x 1" hard enamel pin created from Amanda Rae Wright's original illustration of a Monstera Adansonii leaf

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A simpler time when neighbors looked out for one another

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who watch in fascination as the trucks and crews arrive and steel towers coated in heavy red paint begin to rise above the tempestuous water

Light in the Darkness by Lesa Cline-Ransome barn swallow 5" x 1" hard enamelAn enslaved mother and daughter learn to read in spite of great danger in this beautiful testament to the power of literacy, written and illustrated by an award winning author artist team. Rosa and her mama go to school together in the dark of night, silently, afraid that any noise they hear is a patroller on the lookout for escaped slaves. Their school is literally a hole in the ground, where they and other slaves of all ages gather to form letters