Ella’s Sunday Song

A children’s picture book by Irene and Nicole Franklin

Six-year-old Ella is this Sunday’s soloist at her Church. During the short trip from her Grandmother’s lap to her choir director’s piano, she realizes that she has to figure out a secret code in order to hit all of the right notes.

 

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Ella’s Sunday Song is a children’s picture book introducing the Spiritual, a musical art form that emerged from centuries of enslavement  in the United States.

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An illustration from a children's book that shows six-year-old Ella on the left, leaving her Grandmother's house (you'll see Grandmother in the background on the right). There's a thought bubble above where Grandma Luella says, "Ella can saaaaaang."

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Go, Ella!

Peer Reviewed
Soon after Ella’s Sunday Song was written, the authors contacted a small circle of musicians, academics and parents for their notes on the following criteria:

1)      First impressions
2)      Accuracy in the depiction of the Spiritual (“Steal Away”)
3)      A reflection of the known research that is available
4)      Any further suggestions
for delivering this book as both educational and entertaining

Our readers kept it honest and affirmative.

An illustration from a children's book that shows a young boy playing trumpet on the left as six-year-old Ella walks by on the right with her arms open. Both children look at each other. There's a thought bubble above that shows Ella is singing.

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Sylvia D. Hamilton

Marlissa Hudson

Ellenmaria Black Wilcock

Duane Martin Foster

Gloria Melton 

Patricia Pates Eaton

Rashonda Roundtree

Mona Kanin

Graphic of Ella's Sunday Song cover with How Much Is It question

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