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About this product
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.