Summer in Savannah

Ana & Andrew

by Christine Platt, Sharon Sordo (Illustrations)

It's summertime! Ana & Andrew travel to visit their grandparents in Savannah, Georgia. While they are there, they learn that Grandma and Grandpa's church was built by slaves. With some help from an unusual source!

Genres: History, Cultural, Family

32 pages, Library Binding

Published January 1, 2019

About the author

Christine A. Platt is a historian and storyteller of the African diaspora. She holds a B.A. in Africana Studies from the University of South Florida, M.A. in African Studies from The Ohio State University and received her J.D. from Stetson University College of Law.

Her debut novel, The Truth About Awiti, was published under the penname CP Patrick and won the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction. The Truth About Awiti is currently used in high schools, colleges and universities to teach the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Christine’s highly anticipated children series, Ana & Andrew, will be published on December 15, 2018 (ABDO Books/Calico Kids).

Christine currently serves as the Managing Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University under the leadership of National Book Award-winning author, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. She is a proud member of the Association of Black Women Historians and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Additionally, she is an Ambassador for Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.

You can follow Christine on Instagram via @theafrominimalist, where she interacts with thousands of friends and fans on minimalism and, of course, books.

Reviews

[Samantha Fowler]

What a perfect book, in so many different ways! This book covers a wide variety of topics while still being easy to read. It's an uplifting book about slavery. The grandfather wants to teach the children that some pirates were nice back in the day, and that the slaves worked to help the pirates. No more spoilers! All-in-all, this book is perfect for beginning readers, it's a chapter book so it motivates them to accomplish more, but it's very easy to read. This will need to be in my classroom library!

[Margaret Boling]

2/1/2019 ~ One of the best of the Ana & Andrew titles. I appreciated the children's trip to visit their paternal grandparents. Though a bit didactic, the grandfather's story / history lesson about pirates' assistance in building a Black church in Savannah was fascinating. This is a strong addition for my elementary library.

[Nurul]

Synopsis from the back of the book:

"It's summertime! Ana & Andrew travel to visit their grandparents in Savannah, Georgia. While they are there, they learn that Grandma and Grandpa's church was built by slaves. With some help from an unusual source!"

A simple story of how Ana and Andrew visit their Grandparents over the summer. They learnt about their history and that pirates are not all bad.

[Lisa]

My 7 and 4 year olds have really liked all the Ana and Andrew books we’ve read, but they LOVE this one. These books are such great opportunities to introduce and teach them a little history without over complicating it like I usually do.

[Bella]

Such a cute and educational series of early readers. This time Ana and Andrew are off to spend time with their grandparents in Savannah, where they learn about nice pirates, slaves building a church, and the Underground Railway, in an age appropriate way with lots of great vocab building words.

[Abhi Bhattacharyya]

A wonderful book that showcases rich history of African-American community in the South. I hope I get to read books on Nice Pirates, Underground railways and building of the first African-American church in the US, next.

[AMY]

32 pgs. A fun story when the family visits their grandparents in Savannah, GA. They learn how to pick fruit, visit a historical church and learn about their family history. Wonderful family dynamic and positive story for kids. Highly recommended for Grades 2-3.

[Neha Vishnuprem]

This is a great book I LOVED it!

[David McCallister]

Using it as a book series, students can learn about this story based on Black History month or a realistic fiction unit. Students can read this book and others in the series.

[Zahnii (Suzanne) Artis]

Nice characters! I am torn on some of the content.

[Chloe (Always Booked)]

I read this for my daughter not realizing how short and basic it is. That being said, its a good intro to the topic of history!