The artwork in the book is very striking. With Ellen, children and their parents are taken on a historical journey through a page in our history. But Ellen reminds him how important the broom is and vows she will “jump the broom” when she grows up and gets married too. Kelly did an amazing job creating the lovable character Ellen, a character children can easily connect with. But her father thinks the tradition is from the past and that it should stay there now that they are free. She has always heard the story about the broom above her fireplace but when she realizes the importance as she watches married ex-slave couples get marriage certificates, including her mother and father, she decides it is only right that her parents jump the broom again to celebrate. Ellen’s Broom is told through the voice of Ellen, a young girl, as she witnesses her parents become legally husband and wife. Why I like this book: This is a wonderful story about family and the meaning of freedom.
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