Freedom on the Menu - The Greensboro Sit-Ins

Zusatztext Simple and straightforward! the first-person narrative relates events within the context of one close-knit family. (Booklist) Informationen zum Autor Carole Boston Weatherford lives in High Point! North Carolina. Klappentext When four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960! the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home. This insightful story offers a child's-eye view of this seminal event in the American civil rights movement. Full color. Zusammenfassung When four courageous black teens sat down at a lunch counter in the segregated South of 1960! the reverberations were felt both far beyond and close to home. This insightful story offers a child´s-eye view of this seminal event in the American Civil Rights Movement. Connie is used to the signs and customs that have let her drink only from certain water fountains and which bar her from local pools and some stores! but still . . . she´d love to sit at the lunch counter! just like she´s seen other girls do. Showing how an ordinary family becomes involved in the great and personal cause of their times! it´s a tale that invites everyone to celebrate our country´s everyday heroes! of all ages.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue, Carole Boston Weatherford, Carole Boston/ Lagarrigue Weatherford
• Assisted by: Jerome Lagarrigue (Illustration), Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue (Illustration)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.12.2004
• EAN: 9780803728608
• ISBN: 978-0-8037-2860-8
• Dimensions: 260 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books