

Time Pieces
Author: Virginia Hamilton
Narrator: Lisa Renee' Pitts
Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/27/2005
Categories: Children's Fiction
Author: Virginia Hamilton
Narrator: Lisa Renee' Pitts
Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/27/2005
Categories: Children's Fiction
Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002) grew up in rural Ohio among an extended family and generations of storytellers. Her grandfather, Levi Perry, was brought by his mother from Virginia slavery to Ohio via the Underground Railroad. She received nearly every award in the field of children’s literature, including the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the Newbery Medal, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the Coretta Scott King Award.
We listened to this as an audiobook in the car. I liked it more than the kids did, but I think they still got a lot out of it. The style is very poetic, blending the past and the present, with lots of descriptive passages about strange weather (the aurora borealis, a tornado) and the African slave e......more
For grades 2-6, audio CD......more
Seemingly disjointed at times, but the last chapter brings everything together. I feel a child would become confused easily. Wish I knew going on it was semi autobiographical, as that somewhat changed my perspective. Cw: death of an animal......more