Saving American Beach Sprites Spells & Splashes and fields full of animals

and fields full of animals

her father

and beautifully illustrated

Until one weekend Granny Dee doesn’t come

leading international artist

Saving American Beach Sprites Spells & Splashes and fields full of animalsThis heartfelt picture book biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist and the legacy she preserved. MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African American