Through My Eyes

Nov 20, 2008 Jacquelyn Higgins rated it 5 of 5 stars

Genre: Biography Reading level: Ages 8-12
Sepia tone photographs from the 1960s, the adult memories of a brave little girl, and factual information from the turbulent time of segregation combine to bring this biography of Ruby Bridges to the older child. The editor offers related commentary and art from legends like John Steinbeck and Norman Rockwell. The visual horror of burning crosses and angry mobs is contrasted with the angelic images of little Ruby and her supporters. She is shown walking b...more

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May 04, 2013 Mary Boyle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: lcrt-5795-book-log

Non-fiction, Biographical
This is a wonderful autobiographical resource for teaching about the life and struggles of young Ruby Bridges. Ruby Bridges was the first black child to attend an all white elementary school in the south. This book is great for teaching about black history, positive attitude, strong girls in history, and the civil right's movement.

Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year ( WON AWARD ) 1999 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year ( WON AWARD ) 1999 American Library...more

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Apr 29, 2013 Marissa Kohlrenken rated it 5 of 5 stars

It may only be a picture book but it packs a powerful message!

This is an incredible book and I could not put it down once I started reading it. My heart broke for the struggles that first grader Ruby Bridges faced at such a young age. Her strength and courage are inspirational. Every page in this book is full of important information about the Civil Rights Movement in this country, and the photographs stand as proof to support her story. This was a truly disgraceful time in the United States, bu...more

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Apr 15, 2013 Nikki rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: teaching

Through My Eyes is a wonderful book to use for a discussion about human and civil rights, and how one person, even a child, can make a difference. In November 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, an African American from New Orleans, made her way through a mob of screaming segregationists into her new integrated school. Through My Eyes chronicles every step Ruby took in her journey, and how her actions paved the way for human rights for years to come.

This autobiographical account of Ruby Bridge’s fi...more Through My Eyes is a wonderful book to use for a discussion about human and civil rights, and how one person, even a child, can make a difference. In November 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges, an African American from New Orleans, made her way through a mob of screaming segregationists into her new integrated school. Through My Eyes chronicles every step Ruby took in her journey, and how her actions paved the way for human rights for years to come.

This autobiographical account of Ruby Bridge’s first grade school year paints a dark and honest picture of American segregation and racism throughout the nation’s history. Escorted by U.S. Marshals each and every day to William Frantz school, and facing protestors throwing eggs and screaming death threats, Ruby knew it was important to simply keep going. With her loving mother by her side, her caring teacher Mrs. Henry waiting for her at school each day, and the support of several members of the community to help keep her family going when it seemed nobody cared, Ruby became a symbol of strength for African Americans across the nation – a hero for those that only wanted the best opportunities for their own children.

Those around Ruby also saw her incredible strength. Her mother said, “Ruby was special. I wanted her to have a good education so she could get a good job when she grew up.” Her first grade teacher, Barbara Henry, recalls her time with Ruby, still. “Nowadays, when I’m invited into schools to talk about that year, I find that Ruby’s story so inspires children. They feel they finally have a hero who is like them. Ruby’s story allows children to feel they, too, can do very important things and they, too, can be heroes. For me, it’s a pleasure to remember back. Ruby was a star. I was proud of her then, and I still am.”

Read Through My Eyes to find out more about the stand taken by six-year-old Ruby Bridges, and how her brave actions turned her into an icon of the civil rights movement. This is a story about how simple acts of courage and incredibly strength to stand up to injustice can touch the hearts and open the minds of millions of people. This is an excellent book to spark discussion about the civil rights movement, racism, and the impacts of these historical events on modern day education. The photographs are striking, and there are lessons that students, teachers, and parents alike will find valuable and relevant in modern day lessons. Ruby’s story is inspirational to all, and shows how even the smallest of children can make a tremendous difference in the lives of others.

“Don't follow the path. Go where there is no path and start a trail.” – Ruby Bridges
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Jan 05, 2013 Holly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: african-american, civil-rights, history, leaving-a-legacy, nonfiction, nonfiction-challenge-2013, picture-book, reading-gap-challenge-2013, social-studies-connections, strong-children, teachers-who-inspire, memoir, photography

This is the story of Ruby Bridges told by Ruby Bridges. Once again, after reading several stories about the civil rights movement in the last few days and children's roles in it, I'm amazed by the courage it took for those children and their families to stand up for what was right. In this story, I'm also inspired by Mrs. Henry, Ruby's teacher, who continued to teach her even when she was the only one in her class. The photographs are fascinating, disturbing, and inspiring. It's hard to believe...more

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Nov 18, 2012 iram rated it 5 of 5 stars

Grade/Interest Level – Upper Elementary (3rd – 5th grade)
Reading Level: 860L Lexile
Genre: Autobiography/ General Non - Fiction
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POV: Ruby Bridges

This autobiographical account of Ruby Bridge’s struggle for equal education paints a stark yet honest picture of racism in American history. She begins by describing her first days entering the first grade. U.S. Marshals escorted her and her mother to and from school every day for the entire year. She was met at school by protes...more

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Oct 30, 2012 Janna Gifford rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-literature

Through my eyes by Ruby Bridges and Margo Lundell is a biography that won the 2000 Orbis Pictus Award. This book is intended for the intermediate age group. This book is about Ruby Bridges, who was one of the first African American children to go to attend an all-white school. The book has combined photographs as well as accounts from Ruby, her teacher Mrs. Henry, Dr. Cole, and her mother. I rated this book five stars because of the use of both pictures and real accounts to explain what happened...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Danielle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Through my Eyes is an autobiography about the integration of public schools from the view of Ruby Bridges. The story is told by Bridges with recounts from her teachers, family, and psychologists. The book starts with the background of the time period and the beginning of Bridges life. She was born in 1954 and moved from Mississippi to New Orleans at the age of four. The facts are extremely accurate as they are told first hand. What is great about this book is that it adds the emotions of a littl...more

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Apr 19, 2012 Bree rated it 4 of 5 stars

Through My Eyes is actual pictures and personal stories compiled together. Ruby Bridges tells her story of the life going through the Civil Rights Movement. On November 14, 1960 she was surrounded by federal marshals went through a mob and into her school. That day she became first African-American student to attend the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana. On that day, there were parents of white kids taking their children out of school, there were riots outside and...more Through My Eyes is actual pictures and personal stories compiled together. Ruby Bridges tells her story of the life going through the Civil Rights Movement. On November 14, 1960 she was surrounded by federal marshals went through a mob and into her school. That day she became first African-American student to attend the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana. On that day, there were parents of white kids taking their children out of school, there were riots outside and in the streets. Even the State legislature called for white families to boycott mixed schools. For a year, Ruby was separated from the other children and was the only child in her class. Ruby didn't care she went to her classroom and learned how to read and write. With the help of a loving teacher, Ruby made it through a difficult year and paved the way for many African American children who followed in her footsteps in integrated schools. Today, Ruby Bridges still fights for equal education for all children through her lectures and the Ruby Bridges Foundation.
Ruby tells her story in this autobiography, which also serves as a historical document. Throughout the book, she includes articles and quotes from newspapers, community members, family members, and teachers.
I found this book to meet much of the criteria for Notable Books for a Global Society. It meets the focus for accuracy and authenticity of the people depicted in terms of physical characteristics, social and economic status, intellectual and problem-solving abilities, and displays of leadership and cooperation. Clearly, it is her personal story so it going to be accurate. There are also actual pictures and newspaper quotes that prove even more how accurate her story it. Just from reading the story you get pulled into the rich detail, which meets the criteria as well.
One weakness I noticed, and this could be just me, but I thought the pages were very text heavy. There were pictures to take up some pages but the rest was small over whelming text. There are quotes in different color boxes and the rest is small text. Like I said this is more preference. Because it has a lot of text lead to that there is a great amount of information in the book. So even with my silly complaint, it is still a great resource.
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Mar 07, 2012 Courtney rated it 3 of 5 stars

Through My Eyes is the biography of Ruby Bridges, one of the first African-American elementary students to go to an integrated school in Louisiana. The biography includes accounts from Ruby herself, her teacher Mrs. Henry, her child psychologist Dr. Cole, and her mother. These accounts are supplemented with sepia toned pictures following Ruby’s journey through integration. Ruby’s story is told through her eyes and how she remembers the process of integration in Louisiana. Her story is accompanie...more

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Mar 07, 2012 Alexandra Day rated it 4 of 5 stars

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges is a book that both adults and children can benefit from reading. It is the story of Ruby Bridges as a six year old and the sole black student in her New Orleans “integrated” school. Bridges did a great job telling the story using language that children can understand but not so that adults can’t read as well. Her bravery and courage pours through the pages without her trying to sound ridiculously noble or arrogant. After all, she was a six year old in the story....more

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Feb 10, 2012 Carol Baldwin rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges as a part of my research for Half-Truths. I came across a photograph of Norman Rockwell's painting depicting Ruby's brave integration of her Louisiana elementary school. I saw the original "The Problems We All Live With" at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Ma. The huge painting of the white guards escorting the young black girl to school stuck in my mind. The docent remarked how Rockwell used a splatter of red to emphasize the story behind the ill...more I read Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges as a part of my research for Half-Truths. I came across a photograph of Norman Rockwell's painting depicting Ruby's brave integration of her Louisiana elementary school. I saw the original "The Problems We All Live With" at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Ma. The huge painting of the white guards escorting the young black girl to school stuck in my mind. The docent remarked how Rockwell used a splatter of red to emphasize the story behind the illustration and how Ruby is pictured, but the men walking with her are faceless.

Rockwell published this illustration in the January 14, 1964 issue of LOOK magazine. As Bridges quoted, Rockwell was inspired by John Steinbeck's Travel with Charley:

"The show opened on time. Sound of sirens. Motorcycle cops. Then two big black cars filled with big men in blond felt hats pulled up in front of the school. The crowd seemed to hold its breath. Four big marshals got out of each car and from somewhere in the automobiles they extracted the littlest Negro girl you ever saw, dressed in shining starchy white, with new white shoes on feel so little they were almost round. Her face and little legs were very black against the white.

"The big marshals stood her on the curb and a jangle of jeering shrieks went up from behind the barricades. The little girl did not look at the howling crowd but from the side the whites of her eyes showed like those of a frightened fawn. THe men turned her around like a doll, and then the strange procession moved up the btoad walk toward the school, adn the child was even more a mite becase the men were so big. Then the girl made a curious hop, and I think I know what it wa. I think in her whole life she had not gone ten steps without skppin, but now in the middle of her first skip, the weight bore er down and her little round feet took measured, reluctant steps between the tall gaurds. Slowly they climbed the steps and entered the school."

Ruby Bridge's account of the events leading up to that day in New Orleans in 1960 are fascinating. She believes that she lost her childhood during that first grade year, when she integrated the school amidst boycotts, riots, and tremendous community tension. She was the only child in her class the entire year because white parents moved their children out. Attendence in school dwindled. Next year, her second grade class was integrated. "William Frantz School was integrated, but the long strange journey had changed me forever." (p. 53)

It wasn't until thirty years later, after her brother's death in a drug-related shooting, that Ms. Bridges began to realize the importance of what she had done in 1960. At that point she began to become proactive in the Frantz School and established the Ruby Bridges Foundation.

This book integrates Ruby's story with local and national history. Newspaper photographs, accounts by her teacher and a child psychiatrist, and a 1960 quote from John F. Kennedy, "Can we honestly say that it doesn't affect our security and the fight for peace when Negroes and others are denied their full constitutional rights?" provide historical context for this picture book for all ages.

Great book for classroom use for African American History month.
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Nov 04, 2011 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-literature

The book Through my Eyes was written by Ruby Bridges is a biography about Ruby Bridges as a child and all her struggles she went through throughout her childhood. The book is about how Ruby Bridge’s, an African American girl, went to a white child school for the first time. She was escorted to the school building by police officers because there were angry parents protesting outside of the school. This biography is a great book for children because it will teach them about history and how things...more

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Nov 05, 2009 Molly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Since I had never read any of the Orbis Pictus award winners before, I decided to read the first winner, Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges.

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
As other classmates have written, this is the story of Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to integrate a previously all-white school in New Orleans. It is told by Ruby Bridges herself. Her story is broken up into short passages and accompanied by corresponding photos. There is also related commentary and art from legen...more Since I had never read any of the Orbis Pictus award winners before, I decided to read the first winner, Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges.

Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
As other classmates have written, this is the story of Ruby Bridges, the first African American child to integrate a previously all-white school in New Orleans. It is told by Ruby Bridges herself. Her story is broken up into short passages and accompanied by corresponding photos. There is also related commentary and art from legends like John Steinbeck and Norman Rockwell as well as excerpts from news reports from the era.

I was deeply moved by this book. I had heard the story of Ruby Bridges from other sources and seen the movie, but I had never heard from Ruby herself. It was very interesting to get her perspective and I was especially glad that it was not sugar coated to hide the horrors of the way the protesters threatened her. I also like that she was honest about her feelings of resentment for what she went through during the period described later in life.

I think that the book is as accurate as a first person account can be. Granted, the author is remembering an event that took place when she was six thirty nine years after it happened, so it is bound to be slightly off. However, I think this can be forgiven.

I think it is well organized. It begins with a brief description of the civil rights movement and school integration. Then it goes in chronological order giving some background to Ruby’s life, how she was chosen to integrate, the events of her first year, and gives an update on her now.

I think the design and style are nice. The passages by Ruby have supplementary quotes that help give extra background to what she writes and are placed under Ruby’s passages. Photos that bring the story to life accompany each passage.

I would use this book to teach about segregation and I would display it during February for Black History month. I think it would also work in a unit on biography.

Overall, this is an excellent book.
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Oct 24, 2009 MsBrie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: truth, young-adult, political

A very easy night time read, "Through My Eyes" offers insight to the desegregation of schools in the deep south, and the effects it had on Ruby Bridges, the only black child in an all white school.

I found the story of Ruby Bridges to be both gripping and very interesting. I appreciated that she included in her account her relationship with her teacher, her feelings when she met with a psychologist (as a first grader) and even the trouble white families endured when attempting to support the int...more

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Aug 29, 2012 Danielle Harriger rated it 5 of 5 stars

Juvenile Nonfiction Biography (PB 4): I was very impressed with this biography because it captured not only the terrible struggles that African Americans had to deal with, but it also highlighted the courage and strength of Ruby Bridges by describing what she was thinking at the time when this all happened. I was most drawn into the story at the beginning when Ruby was describing her thought process about going to her new school. Her words reflected her innocence and how she did not understand w...more

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Nov 03, 2011 Melanie Johnson rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-literature-biography

Back in the 1950's children were not in the same class as there are now. They were separate by their race. Today you will see kids interacting together as one group. It took just one little kid name Ruby Bridges to break down that wall. She was born in Mississippi in 1954 and became the center of a political storm of controversy when she was among the first black children to go to a previously all-white school in New Orleans. She was six years old when she started attending William Frantz Public...more

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Mar 05, 2013 CH13_Lisa Matthews rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: vi-info-bios

Through My Eyes is an autobiography of Ruby Bridges who at the age of six on November 14, 1960 surrounded by federal marshals, became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Public School in New Orleans which at the time was an all white school.

Ruby Bridges tells her story and throughout the book, there are quotes from newspaper accounts of the William Frantz Public School protest of the integration of black and white in schools, quotes from people in Ruby’s life including h...more Through My Eyes is an autobiography of Ruby Bridges who at the age of six on November 14, 1960 surrounded by federal marshals, became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Public School in New Orleans which at the time was an all white school.

Ruby Bridges tells her story and throughout the book, there are quotes from newspaper accounts of the William Frantz Public School protest of the integration of black and white in schools, quotes from people in Ruby’s life including her mother, Ruby’s first grade teacher, Barbara Henry and her childhood psychologist Robert Cole.

Many white people were angry about school’s integration and removed their children from the school, even though Ruby attended the school and whites parents pulling their children left Ruby the only child in her class. However six year old Ruby with the help of her wonderful teacher made it through a harsh, difficult year and paved the way for many African American children who followed in her footsteps in integrated schools.

Through My Eyes is a great book to use on the theme civil rights each page includes information from Ruby Bridges herself as well as additional information from other reliable sources. The organization of this book is mainly the chronological story of a year in the life of Ruby Bridges. It begins with a preface to set the story, and then the first year, in which she is integrated into the school as a first grader, the book ends with information which brings the reader up to the present with the life of Ruby Bridges

The illustrations are in black and white, which was the medium of the time, the early 1960’s. The black and white photographs also help to set the tone of the seriousness of the subject matter. The illustrations are actual photos that were taken and these alone with the text bring to life the civil right movement and have the reader feeling as if they were actually there.

This book can be used with children in grade 5th – 8th studying the civil rights movement or school integrations in the 1960’s. Readers’ Advisory the N word is used throughout the story and I would recommend that students are told about the history of the N word and it significant to the story and how the N word should not be used in any circumstance.

Through My Eyes won the following awards: Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year (1999), School Library Journal Best Books of the Year (1999), American Library Association Notable Books for Children (2000), Jane Addams Children’s Book Award (2000), Carter G. Woodson Book Awards (2000), NCTE Orbis Pictus Award (2000), ABC Children’s Booksellers Choice Awards (2000)
More information on Ruby Bridge can be found at http://rubybridges.com/. I also found Ruby Bridge the movie online.
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Dec 06, 2012 Danielle Witter rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I like this book because I like the story of Ruby Bridges.

Summary: This book is about a little 6-year-old black girl back on November 14th, 1960. Federal marshals surrounded her but she still walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. The area where she sat in the school’s office, Ruby could see parents marching through the halls and taking their children out of the classrooms. The next day, Ruby walk confidently through the angry mob and into the school again, but th...more

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Apr 13, 2013 Anayssa Pulido rated it 5 of 5 stars

“Through my eyes” won the Orbis Pictus Award in the year 2000. This non-fiction book was written by Rubi Bridges who recounts the story of her experience as a six year old African American in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960. During this time, many changes were happening in the world. Some of which include the Civil Rights Movement, segregation, and integration of public schools in America for the first time. In this autobiography, Rubi Bridges recalls some of her experiences...more

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Mar 17, 2012 MaryAnn rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am not sure if this book was intended for children or adults as it has a lot of text per page. None-the-less it was an insightful, informative and awe inspiring read.

As much as I know about the history of overt and ugly racism, accounts never fail to shock me anew. And the fact that some of the ugliness was directed at very young children is all the more shocking. The fact that this was acceptable only 55 years years ago gives perception to the present day state of affairs.

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May 13, 2013 Angela rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Upper Primary and Middle School

Shelves: childrens-materials, 3rd-grade-age, ages-8-and-up, best-chapter-books, for-boys, for-girls, history, informative, kids, biography

For grades 3 - 6, ages 8 and up, Lexile: 860L

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In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal Marshall's, walked through a mob of screaming segregationists and into her school. Ruby Bridges didn’t know she would become an icon of the civil rights movement. Telling her story through the eyes of her six year old self give new life to this story. Escorted on her first day by U.S. marshals, young Ruby was met by throngs of virulent protesters (...more

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Mar 15, 2010 CH_Emily Scholnik rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: info-bios, picture-books

Through My Eyes: Autobiography of Ruby Bridges
1999 Non-Fiction
Ages: 8 - 12 yrs.
Author: Ruby Bridges
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0-590-18923-9
Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year, 1999
School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 1999
American Library Association Notable Books for Children, 2000
2001 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2001
Carter G. Woodson Book Awards, 2000
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, 2000

This story is told as the memoirs of Ruby Bridges, the actual child whom was integrated...more

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Jul 14, 2010 Jonathan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-nonfiction

This is a great non-fiction picture book that is a sort of autobiography with many other external text features.

What was the compelling literary element of this book? The characters are essentially Ruby, her family and her teacher. While other people play some role in her experiences, they are mostly bystanders. The plot is fairly well-known and simple- a young girl attempts to go to a newly integrated school and meets with all kinds of problems. The theme is very common, especially among Civil...more This is a great non-fiction picture book that is a sort of autobiography with many other external text features.

What was the compelling literary element of this book? The characters are essentially Ruby, her family and her teacher. While other people play some role in her experiences, they are mostly bystanders. The plot is fairly well-known and simple- a young girl attempts to go to a newly integrated school and meets with all kinds of problems. The theme is very common, especially among Civil Rights literature: don’t give up. The setting is what makes this special. Set in segregated New Orleans in the 1960’s, the people, the place and the time all come together to create a firestorm of controversy causing some to sink so low m orally and others to rise above.

Things that stick out for me:
One of the things that makes this books so special are the photographs that are used. Some of them are depressing (the burning cross on 33; Ruby in effigy in a coffin on 21; teenagers full of anger at desegregation on p 35), some inspiring (the Gabrielle family walking to school together on 29, the Norman Rockwell painting on 25) and some just beautiful (all the kids smiling together on 51 and 62; Ruby looking so happy on Thanksgiving on 36). The pictures alone tell such a great story.
Having read The Story of Ruby Bridges several times with classes over the years, it was really great to hear the story from her perspective- the difficulties her family faced and that eventually caused them to separate; how the stress affected her eating habits; her confusion over who she really was when she was being pushed and pulled in so many directions. Even how one child getting all the attention becomes a distraction for the rest of the family, part of the reason she did what she did was obedience, not bravery extremely personal. Not at all the story you get from the fictionalized picture book.
Knowing that she has returned to helping other break barriers was great too.
Things to discuss with a classroom:
1. People who wouldn’t send their kids to school is one thing but coffins and ropes are another. Why would people be so angry at someone they had never met? Just being racist is not enough.
2. Robert-Jay Green has a quote in the book about the IQ tests given being “culturally biased in favor of, White middle-class children.” What do you think of that? How does that happen? What would that test look like?
3. Through her memoir, I got the feeling that her parents argued over her school because her father didn’t like the risk but her mother wanted her to have the superior education. The movement was not really a consideration. Why is that?
4. What is the symbolism of burning a cross?
5. Would having your own teacher be a good thing or not? Would you learn more?
6. Would you have left NO or stayed? Why?
Good tie-ins:
The Story of RB
Study of the little rock nine
Watsons go to Birmingham
Their own experiences on the first day of school

I will definitely use this book, especially when teaching the Civil Rights Movement. Also would be good the first week of school to talk about how it feels. I loved it and I know that kids would love it as well, especially the photos. I loved the quotes and insertion of other memoirs.
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Sep 06, 2012 Elliot rated it 4 of 5 stars

Though the editor could have done a better job integrating the historical texts with Bridges' memories of her year integrating the first grade at William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, this short children's book makes a wonderful component of the Ruby Bridges story -- captured in a Disney movie and additional illustrated book. I've yet to revisit the other parts (the DVD of the movie is waiting at the library), but I would be surprised if I am not as moved by young Ruby's courage -- an...more

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Mar 10, 2010 Dena rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: non-fiction

Reading Level: 5th grade and older
Ruby Bridges tells her story of being the only black student in an all- white school. She was 6 years old when segregation was ended and when she went to William Frantz Public School, she ended up being the only student in her classroom as parents pulled their children from a school of more than 500 students. Marshals escorted her everyday and Ruby didn't understand any of it until the end of that first year at the school when some children had returned and she...more

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Sep 24, 2011 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: awards-orbis-pictus, african-americans, biography, children, history, picture-books, non-fiction

2000 Orbis Pictus Award Winner

This book expands on the picture book The Story of Ruby Bridges to give us more historical context. Ruby was one of the first black children to integrate elementary schools in Louisiana, and at William Frantz Public School, she did it alone. Escorted into school by federal marshals and spending her first year in a one-child classroom with the only loving white teacher in the school, Ruby somehow made it through despite the screaming mob that greeted her outside each...more

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Nov 27, 2012 Crystina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Through my Eyes is written by Ruby Bridges and is told by her describing her own childhood during a time of segregation. The book tells the sad story consisting of the terrible things said, and done to her, all because she was one of the first black children to attend an all white school in 1960. She encountered many struggles including being the only student to show up to her classroom and having to be escorted everywhere by US marshals, all the while not having a clue as to way this is all hap...more

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Feb 16, 2009 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: elementary teachers

Shelves: civil-rights, k-4, k-6

In the year 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first African American student at the all-white William Franz Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This photographic memoir by the now adult Ruby Bridges chronicles this turbulent period of the Civil Rights Era. The sepia tone photographs establish that the story is in the past, while the intimate photos of Ruby, her family, and her teacher Mrs. Henry make it poignant to today's readers. We identify with this little girl and marvel a...more

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Nov 04, 2011 Amy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-literature

"Through My Eyes" is a audiobiography. This book would be good for age groups of intermediate to adult. This book was truely touching. Its the story of how a six year old child has to deal with segragation and what happens in her surrounding because of whats happened to the world. This story tells you how something came about called the civil rights movement and how it effect rubys life.

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