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Child of the Civil Rights Movement
In this Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year, Paula Young Shelton, daughter of Civil Rights activist Andrew Young, brings a child’s unique perspective to an important chapter in America’s history. Paula grew up in the deep south, in a world where whites had and blacks did not. With an activist father and a community of leaders surrounding her,...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
December 22nd 2009
by Schwartz & Wade
(first published 2009)
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Jul 20, 2010
Leon Gray
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SS5H8 The student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975.
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
A good book that talks about civil rights movement, Jim Crow and Selma, Al.
This book could definitely be...more
b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement; include Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
A good book that talks about civil rights movement, Jim Crow and Selma, Al.
This book could definitely be...more
This picture book was very informing. A young girl tells her story about how she grew up during the Civil Rights Movement. She remembers hearing her parents have conversations with Martin Luther King, Jr. She moved from New York to Georgia. She learned all about Jim Crow Laws and described her experience of being turned away from restaurants. It was so sad because I know that so many peope have gone through what this girl had to go through and it wasn't any of their faults. It frustrates me that...more
Feb 27, 2012
Sunday
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Perspective of child - the daughter of Andrew YOung who worked closely with MLK, Jr. and others. This narrative reveals the power of community - working together; the author uses metaphors of musical instruments to create pictures of the symphony of voices required to make the Civil Rights movement happen. Clear description towards the end of the book of the march from Selma to Montgomery, AL that proceeded LBJ's signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The author makes clear the diversity of t...more
I totally teared up at the end. Based on the author's memories of being a four-year-old on the march from Selma to Montgomery (her parents were civil rights leaders), this is a really great introduction to the civil rights movement for kids. There are at least a few other civil rights books written from a child's perspective, but are there any others that are written from the actual childhood of the author, especially one whose family was so heavily involved? (I mean, she calls MLK "Uncle Martin...more
I think it is a very good thing to have picture books that are informative A lot of kids will be more likely to pick this up then something that has a lot more words. This story is about a lil girl who is telling her story of what it was like during this time period. A vivid memory she has is of being rejected when she went places. A lot of children at this time went through this struggle and that might of been the hardest part about this movement.
I think for children to learn that things weren...more
I think for children to learn that things weren...more
May 27, 2010
Nielson
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Remembering what it was like in her youth, Shelton shares her memories of the Civil Rights Movement. She recalls what it was like to have dinner with "uncle" Martin and "aunt" Coretta and other prominent figures of the Civil Rights Movement. She describes her feelings as she participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery. Combined with the text and illustrations, this would be a great book to use when discussing the Civil Rights Movement as it includes short biographies of the people discuss...more
Jul 19, 2010
Tanner Mendelson
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This picture book does an excellent job of describing the civil rights movement from the eyes of a child. She described Jim Crow Laws as "where whites could but blacks could not." A social studies teacher could use this book, with its great illustrations, to show how the people her parents interacted with were her "Civil Rights Family," which included, Uncle Martin (Martin Luther King) and Uncle Ralph (Ralph Abernathy). This book does an excellent job using the analogy of the players in the Civ...more
It's interesting to hear a bit about what the Civil Rights movement was like from a child's perspective. Paula Young Shelton was actually there, four years old when her parents and her "Uncle Martin" marched in Montgomery. It's one thing for kids to hear about discrimination as something that happened to others a long time ago - it's another to hear a (now grown) child say, "we were hungry, but they wouldn't let us eat in the restaurant." Not a ton of information in this book, but a nice choice...more
My first reaction was...WHAT??!!! The Voting Rights Act of 1965??!! It was that recent that a bill was signed that allowed all people, black and white, could vote??!! How can that be?
Beautifully woven memories of author's childhood, daughter to civil rights leader and U.N. Ambassador, Andrew Young. The beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement is told through childhood remembrances. More information on people mentioned, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Young and others. Raul Co...more
Beautifully woven memories of author's childhood, daughter to civil rights leader and U.N. Ambassador, Andrew Young. The beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement is told through childhood remembrances. More information on people mentioned, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy, Young and others. Raul Co...more
BEcause of her pedigree (daughter of civil rights activist Andrew Young and Jean Childs Young), Paula Young Shelton has a unique perspective on a time of amazing change. Colon's illustrations capture a close-knit family and community who leaned on each other, strategized together, and walked their talk. This book provides a quick history lesson in a personalized narrative.
Sep 19, 2010
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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The author, Paula Young Shelton, writes about her childhood experiences as her parents participated in the civil rights movement. She actually met Martin Luther King Jr.! She experience the Jim Crow laws and marched part of the way from Montgomery to Selma in 1965. Raul Colon's illustrations provide just the right atmosphere with its peaceful, muted colors. Highly recommended!!
This one is reminiscent of Ellington was not a Street in the way larger than life figures from the Civil Rights Movement are remembered by the author as being caring, doting adult figures. Shelton talks about her memories of her father, Andrew Young, of Dr. King, of Ralph Abernathy, and so on. Well-written, well-illustrated, and very interesting book.
I picked this book up at the MLK Jr. Memorial when we went to see it. The book is a perfect classroom read aloud for the Civil Rights Movement. Boycotts, sit-ins, and marches are all explained through the eyes of a child who was really there. We meet many of the young activists of the Civil Rights movement throughout the book. It was an perfect starter to my lesson on Civil Rights!
Child's eye account of the civil rights movement by Paula Young Shelton (daughter of Andrew Young). Nice author note at the end with additional information about the people in the book along with a bibliography.
This is a wonderful book. She describes many signigicant people that are in her family, who were civil rights leaders. This is a great story for children to learn about the Civil Rights Movement and to see it through the eyes of someone close to their age.
An overview of the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of a child. It mentions several key events in the Civil Rights Movement and contains information about the people mentioned in the book in the back.
This book talks about the whole process of segregation
going home, first protest, Jim crow laws, no sit ins, martin, civil rights family, Montgomery, and voting rights.
going home, first protest, Jim crow laws, no sit ins, martin, civil rights family, Montgomery, and voting rights.
Simple text, beautiful pictures, and a "true" story. Very well done.
Great story done by a girl whose family knew/worked along side MLK
A Junior Library Guild Selection
Author Paula Young Shelton takes us back to her youth. She is the daughter of famed Civil Rights Activist Andrew Young and describes they day they marched threw Alabama with Uncle Martin.
I love the four year old's perspective in this book. We see about the food, the conversations and the actions. What I liked the most was her descriptions of the adults discussions being similar to instruments in and orchestra.
This is a good story to accompany a Civil Rights unit.
Author Paula Young Shelton takes us back to her youth. She is the daughter of famed Civil Rights Activist Andrew Young and describes they day they marched threw Alabama with Uncle Martin.
I love the four year old's perspective in this book. We see about the food, the conversations and the actions. What I liked the most was her descriptions of the adults discussions being similar to instruments in and orchestra.
This is a good story to accompany a Civil Rights unit.
Well done.
Ann recommended
Civil Rights
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Paula Young Shelton gives a child's-eye view of the fight for civil rights in the American South. While this would not be a first choice for report writing, it will give elementary students a feel for the time and what children would have gone through at that point in our history. Beatiful color illustrations bring to life such civil rights leaders as Andrew Young and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Apr 30, 2013
Kourtney Williams
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