Hathorn, L. (1998). Sky Sash So Blue. New York: Simon & Schuster.
This poem is a story written in rhyming poetic verse about the secret life slaves had. Sissy was to be married to John Bee so her mother gathered bits of scraps and castoffs from their slave masters to gather and make a wedding dress out of. The story is told from the younger daughter's perspective and how she wants to use the blue sash that her mother made her once to add to her sister's dress. The sister's freedom is bought by John Bee and they one day hope that their freedom will one day be bought as well.
Poetry Picture Book for readers in Grades 2-5. Illustrations in paint and collage.
This story is of a slave family and how they hope to one day be free.
As many poems are, this is a great poem for oral reading. You can hear they rhythm and beat that the author intended when writing this story.
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