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Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles (2010, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherScholastic, Incorporated

ISBN-100439472261

ISBN-139780439472265

eBay Product ID (ePID)102866951

Product Key Features

Edition50

Book TitleStory of Ruby Bridges

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory / United States / State & Local, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, People & Places / United States / African American, Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage

Publication Year2010

IllustratorFord, George, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorRobert Coles

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight3.7 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN92-033674

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsPraise for The Story of Ruby Bridges "Ford's moving watercolour paintings... capture the physical warmth of Ruby's family and community, the immense powers against her, and her shining inner strength." -- Booklist, Praise for The Story of Ruby Bridges "Ford's moving watercolour paintings... capture the physical warmth of Ruby's family and community, the immense powers against her, and her shining inner strength." - Booklist

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal379.2630976335

Edition DescriptionAnniversary,Special

SynopsisThe inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges. 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 continues to resonate more than 60 years later., 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 inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.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 continues to resonate more than 60 years later.