Pub Date: April 16, 2024
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 07 to 10
Physical Info: 0.30" H x 10.90" L x 9.20" W ( 0.45 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Performing Arts | Social Topics | Prejudice Racism and Colorism
Description:
The inspiring biography of Ira Aldridge, a Black actor who overcame racism to become one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of the nineteenth century.
Brief description:
Glenda Armand is the author of many picture and chapter books. She won Lee & Low's New Voices Award for the manuscript Love Twelve Miles Long. Glenda has had a long career as a teacher and school librarian. She loves reading about history and is passionate about sharing the stories of important but little-known historical figures. She lives in Los Angeles, California. To learn more, visit glenda-armand.com.
Review Quotes:
* "Use this handsome, inspiring offering to enrich units on Shakespeare, theater, or black history." -- School Library Journal, starred review
"A valuable addition to any biography collection." -- Booklist
"Gracefully told and elegantly illustrated" -- Publishers Weekly
Best Children's Books of the Year - Bank Street College of Education
CCBC Choices - Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)