Pub Date: December 1, 2009
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2008022455
Lexile Code: 0470
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Textbook
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.12" H x 9.05" L x 6.48" W ( 0.16 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Historical | Cultural and Regional | Social Topics | Prejudice Racism and Colorism | African American and Black | General | History | United States 20th Century | Readers | Beginner | Social Activists | Girls and Women
Series: Scholastic Reader, Level 2
Description: In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history. This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. Full color.
Brief description: RUBY BRIDGES became a pioneer in school integration at the age of six, when she was chosen to spend her first-grade year in what had formerly been an all-white elementary school. Ruby Bridges now works as a lecturer, telling her story to adults and children alike. She lives with her husband and sons in New Orleans, Louisiana.