Child of the Civil Rights Movement
$22.17
- Paperback
48 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2013
Summary
A vivid, child-friendly first-person account about growing up during the civil rights movement. Now in paperback.
In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385376068 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385376065 |
| Author: | Paula Young Shelton, Raul Colón |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Schwartz & Wade |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 213g |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 216mm x 4mm |
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Critics Review
Starred Review, Booklist, February 1, 2010:“The daughter of civil rights leader Andrew Young remembers her family’s active role in the civil rights movement, beginning when she was four years old…Many adults will want to talk about their memories of the time, and kids will appreciate the child’s intimate viewpoint of world-changing history.”Starred Review, School Library Journal, December 2009:“History comes alive in this vivid account.”Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2009:“Civil rights can be a difficult topic, even for adults, so finding simple language to explain the complexity of injustice and oppression to children is challenging. Shelton, daughter of Andrew Young, accepts the challenge and rises to meet it…Essential.”Review, Publishers Weekly, November 23, 2009:“Both contributors evoke the drama and emotion of the times…and a triumphal sense of community and family.”
About The Author
Paula Young Shelton
Paula Young Shelton is the daughter of civil rights leader and former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young. She is a teacher in Washington, D.C., and a member of the National Black Child Development Institute. Her husband, Hilary O. Shelton, is the director of the NAACP Washington Bureau.
Raul Colón is the acclaimed illustrator of numerous children’s books.
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