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Phillip M. Hoose

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Phillip Hoose is the widely-acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and articles, including the National Book Award winning book, Claudette Colvin: Twice Towards Justice.

He is also the author of the multi-award winning title, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, the National Book Award Finalist We Were There Too!: Young People in U.S. History, and the Christopher Award-winning manual for youth activism It's Our World Too!.

The picture book, Hey, Little Ant which began as a song by the same title was co-authored with his daughter Hannah. The book is beloved around the world with over one million copies in print in ten different languages. Teaching Tolerance Magazine called it, "A masterpiece for teaching values and character educati...more

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Books by Phillip M. Hoose

Average rating: 4.09 · 1,481 ratings · 492 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 4.12 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Hey, Little Ant by Phillip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose 3.97 avg rating — 155 ratings — published 1998 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird 4.10 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History 4.28 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me 3.46 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference by Phillip M. Hoose, Pete Seeger (Foreword) 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Necessities: Racial Barriers in American Sports 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1989	My rating:

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“We were supposed to be an English literature class, but Miss Nesbitt used literature to teach real life. She said she didn't have time to teach us like a regular English teacher--we were too far behind. Instead, she taught us the world through literature.”
― Phillip M. Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

tags: english , high-school , literature , teaching

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“I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, "This is not right.

—Claudette Colvin”
― Phillip M. Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

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