The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 is a children's novel by Christopher Paul Curtis, first published by Delacorte Press in New York in 1995. A Flint, Michigan family's trip to Alabama is caught up in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. It won a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First edition
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1995
- First published
- Delacorte Press, New York, 1995
The first edition of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis was published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group in 1995. We track 1 edition.
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- 44 on Open Library, 27 in English
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Who published the first edition of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963?
The first edition of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis was published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group in 1995.
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