Other editions of book Mama Hattie's Girl

A young African American girl moves from the South to the North and finds that family is the same wherever you go Nobody can climb a tree as fast as Lula Bell. Although her mother tells her to be ladylike, Lula Bell prefers fishing and climbing and scrapping in the dirt with the boys. When her day is done, she sits on the porch with her grandmother Hattie, and listens to her tell stories of the North. Up there, Mama Hattie says, everybody’s rich. No one ever has to scrimp to buy nice dresses or spend all day fishing just to put dinner on the table. Life is good. And soon, Lula Bell is going to find out for herself. When her mother moves the family north to find better work, Lula Bell expects the good times have finally arrived. But life is hard wherever they go, and the only thing Lula Bell can truly count on is her mother and beloved Mama Hattie.

Warm and interesting stories about the little black girl, Lula Bell, Miss Hattie, her friends and her neighbors on Hibiscus Street. Stated First Edition, 1953. Hardcover bound in grey cloth. In her introduction, author Lois Lenski says, "In the writing of this book I have had the enthusiastic help of children in three schools, two in the North and one in the South. But no attempt has been made to keep the settings or incidents exactly true to either location. My descriptions of both Northern and Southern life are composites, drawn from many sources, and from the experiences of many people. The story is an attempt to portray real life experiences which a Negro girl might have in her adjustment to North and South; these incidents having come from the lives of children who have made such a change. All characters are composites and actual experiences have been altered to fit the needs of the plot. Opinions expressed regarding North and South are opinions I heard and not necessarily my own. I wish to extend my appreciative thanks to all my many friends who contributed so generously to the growth of this story. It has been a rich and rewarding experience, and one I shall never forget."