Coles, R. (2012). The
story of Ruby Bridges.
Summary: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American
child to integrate a New Orleans school with this paperback reissue!
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th anniversary edition with an updated afterword!
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th anniversary edition with an updated afterword!
Retrieved from: Amazon.com on November 25, 2019:
https://www.amazon.com/Story-Ruby-Bridges-Special-Anniversary/dp/0439472261/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UPJPSYQX4TX7&keywords=the+story+of+ruby+bridges&qid=1574733217&sprefix=the+story+of+rub%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1
Age level appropriate for
this book: Kindergarten-
3rd Grade
Justification: This book gives students
an opportunity to learn not only about Ruby Bridges, but also about the history
of segregation. It pairs nicely with the standard RI.3.2 (Identify and cite
relevant implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the
central idea of a text.) The students could look at the book from two
perspectives: learning about Ruby and learning about information. The students could
determine what the main idea and key details would be of each, which would
allow them to read biographies in two different ways. Knowing how to do this
allows students to have a deeper understanding of the text and how to
comprehend it in a beneficial way.
Review: The story of Ruby Bridges is a lovingly illustrated true story of Ruby
Bridges. As a young 6 year old girl, growing up in the South during the days of
the Civil Rights movement, Ruby was selected by the courts and ordered to
attend the all white school of Franz Elementary School. Every morning became a
variation of a frightening, degrading experience, with hordes of angry people
lining the sidewalks, jeering, shouting insults and worse. How she handles this
is what makes this book special, because she was a special girl. The
illustrations add a special charm and perspective for both adults and children.
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