Ruby Bridges
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • CBC KIDS’ BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNER
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and...
Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges—who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans—inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Children's Biographies: Autobiographies and Memoirs for 5th Graders
Formats
Description
Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ruby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 when Ruby became the first Black child to integrate the all-white William Franz Elementary as a six-year-old little girl-a personal and intimate look through a child's lens at a landmark moment in our Civil Rights history.
My work will be precious.
I will bridge the "gap" between Black & white...
...and hopefully all people!
I suppose some things in...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruby Bridges was born during the time of segregation in the South. In 1960, she made history when she attended an all-white school. Follow her story and learn why we still celebrate her courage today.