00:00Here we have Addie Walker. She is set in 1864 during the Civil War.
00:04While we worked with experts and museum curators and scholars for the development of all of the characters prior to
00:11Addie,
00:11Addie's was the first that we had a formal advisory board for.
00:15I believe it was seven people who were experts in the history of slavery, the history of the black experience
00:20in the 1800s,
00:22and experts in children's literature. And they really advised on all details of Addie's world.
00:27For example, they really felt it was important to start Addie's books in slavery.
00:33But by the end of the book, they believed very firmly that the readers should see Addie in freedom.
00:38They also felt very strongly that Addie's meat dress should be the first dress she wears in freedom.
00:44And so in the book, we have Addie get this dress from Miss Caroline, who helps Addie and her mother
00:50escape to Philadelphia.
00:52And here you can see kind of an exploration of different colors and different fabrics from the time.
00:56Addie's mother is actually a seamstress. And that was a very strategic choice on author Connie Porter's part.
01:03And that's because by making her a seamstress, Connie gave Addie access to a lot more fabrics than would have
01:10been available typically to black families in Philadelphia.
01:14For example, in Addie Learns a Lesson, this outfit is an outfit that her mom actually made her.
01:19She's competing in a spelling bee. And it's really important to Addie because, again, to reflect the historical experience,
01:26the black community reading was really important in the 1800s.
01:30And so here we also have an 1860s union reader that was actually replicated for Addie's school accessories.
01:38Oh, and this little medal is what she wins when she wins the spelling bee.
01:42You're going to take a little bit of a little bit of a tiny, little bit of a little bit
01:42of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit.
01:42You're going to keep the back of the крепion bee.
01:42So there is a relationship between the div and the hook and the other people are going to start with
01:42her as well as the girls.
01:42You
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