Sallie Gal And The Wall-a-kee Man

Shelia P. Moses delivers a poignant and heartwarming chapter book set on a cotton sharecropper farm in 1960s North Carolina. Young Sallie Gal longs for beautiful hair ribbons, but her family has little money for such luxuries. When the Wall-a-kee Man, a traveling general store owner, offers her the coveted ribbons as a secret gift, Sallie Gal faces a profound moral choice. This story beautifully explores themes of honesty, family dignity, and the challenges of poverty, offering a gentle yet powerful look at a child's conscience and the values of a loving family. It's an excellent book for discussing integrity and historical context with children aged 4-11.

Sallie Gal admires cousin Wild Cat's hair ribbons that fly in the wind when she jumps Double Dutch. More than anything, Sallie Gal wants a set of her very own. But money is hard to come by. Especially for things she doesn't really need. One day, the Wall-a-kee Man comes through town. He has a whole general store--right in the back of his station wagon! When he secretly slips Sallie Gal some ribbons as a gift, she is delighted. But Mama has too much dignity to take charity. Sallie Gal really wants those ribbons. Now she must struggle with her conscience to do the right thing. In this immediate and exciting child-sized adventure, Shelia P. Moses tells a heartwarming story of a cotton sharecropper family on a North Carolina farm in the 1960s.