num_pages: 32
description: Newbery Honor author Patricia McKissack and Coretta Scott King Award–winning illustrator Floyd Cooper lovingly recreate a slice of turn-of-the-century Southern life for a single black mother and her son in this sweet picture book.Little David Earl always knows what day of the week it is. He can tell by the clean, snappy-fresh apron Ma Dear is wearing, a different color for every day.Monday means washing, with Ma Dear scrubbing at her tub in a blue apron. Tuesday is ironing, in a sunshine yellow apron that brightens Ma’s spirits. And so it goes until Sunday, when Ma Dear doesn’t have to wear an apron and they can set aside some special no-work time, just for themselves.
language: English
title: Ma Dear's Aprons
titlecomplete: Ma Dear's Aprons (Anne Schwartz Books)
genres: Childrens, African American, 1st Grade, Picture Books, Historical Fiction, 2nd Grade, Fiction, Cultural, Family
ratings_count: 106
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Charlotte Zolotow Award
category: Highly Commended Title
publisher: Aladdin