Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness

Authors: ,
Series: Picture Book Biographies, 19th Century
Tag: Episode 122
Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Publication Year: 2016
ASIN: 1620141485
ISBN: 1620141485

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

William "Doc" Key had a special way with animals. Growing up an enslaved child in Tennessee, Doc was sent to plantations around the state to care for sick and wounded animals. When the Civil War ended and Doc was freed, he began to dream of breeding a winning racehorse.

Buy from Bookshop
Buy from Amazon
About the Book
Other Books in "19th Century"
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
Snowflake Bentley
Emily
Ride On, Will Cody!: A Legend of the Pony Express
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Abraham Lincoln
Florence Nightingale
Dare the Wind: The Record-breaking Voyage of Eleanor Prentiss and the Flying Cloud
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty (Jane Addams Award Book (Awards))
The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever
Ordinary, Extraordinary Jane Austen: The Story of Six Novels, Three Notebooks, a Writing Box, and One Clever Girl
Stand Straight, Ella Kate
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear
Caroline's Comets: A True Story
To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt
The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky's Abstract Art
Vincent Can't Sleep: Van Gogh Paints the Night Sky
Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
Abe Lincoln : The Boy Who Loved Books
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
So Tall Within: Sojourner Truth's Long Walk Toward Freedom
A Race Around the World: The True Story of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland (She Made History)
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American Stagecoach Driver
The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola Crayons
Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story
John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
What Miss Mitchell Saw
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver
Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt
She Made a Monster: How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
Buzzing with Questions: The Inquisitive Mind of Charles Henry Turner
Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
Look Inside
Disclosure of Material Connection: This page includes "affiliate links." This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising." For more information about my affiliate links, click here.