Mr. George Baker

By Amy Hest, Jon J. Muth

Subjects: Literacy, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Old age, fiction, Old age, Fiction, Children's fiction, Literacy, fiction, Friendship

Description: Harry sits on the porch with Mr. George Baker, an African American who is one hundred years old but can still dance and play the drums, waiting for the school bus that will take them both to the class where they are learning to read.