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AR: 2.9 Grade Level: 3rd-6th Summary: Boycott Blues is a book all about how people, during the civil rights movement, dealt with segregation. The story is told from a "dog-tired hound", which makes the book even more interesting! Idea: I absolutely fell in love with this book the first time I read ...
A bold, vibrant story of how the lives of these two Civil Rights Movement figures intertwined. Brian Pinkney makes brilliant use of color in his dynamic illustrations. Wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated.
1/2/13 ** I was fortunate to purchase this book at Cincinnati's Books by the Banks celebration in October 2012, and was able to have it signed by both the author and illustrator.As I was shelving this, I nearly put "biography," rather than "informational," since it begins with Rosa Parks' fateful bu...
All of the men featured in this handsome volume have been the subject of numerous individual and collective biographies but Pinkney offers a freshness to these profiles through the aspects of their lives she emphasizes and especially through her engaging narratives which are colorful, conversational...
Lively, engaging, atmospheric historical fiction.
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