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Birmingham Sunday
Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the r...more
Hardcover, 48 pages
Published
February 1st 2010
by Calkins Creek Books
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Wow. This is a powerful account of the civil rights movement, and it's an excellent overview for older elementary or middle-school children. I had never seen some of these pictures before, and every one of them is striking in their own right. The photo on the cover from the perspective of looking out of a bombed out Sixteenth Street Baptist Church at a busniess across the street called Liberty is poignant, to say the least.
This is definitely a book that should be on the reading list for kids stu...more
This is definitely a book that should be on the reading list for kids stu...more
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Birmingham Sunday is a heavy book about the painful history of Birmingham, Alabama, or "Bombingham," as some called it in the 60's. It is a memorial to six children who were killed at and near the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church during the Civil Rights Movement there. The illustrations are all photographs taken by news photographers--of the Klan draped in white riding on horses who are also draped, of Dr. King in his cell where he wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail," of the church after the bomb...more
Jun 08, 2012
Paul Hankins
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With standards embedded within the Common Core State Standards that ask for multiple texts on the same subject, instructors will want to look to well-written illustrated texts for another look at a subject. This is one aspect of the CCSS that are most appealing to me: more lead learners will move toward illustrated texts in the name of compliance to the standard than they may have when differentiation was the model.
Larry Dane Brimner is a multi-award recipient for his non-fiction titles. His res...more
Larry Dane Brimner is a multi-award recipient for his non-fiction titles. His res...more
1. Informational
2. An informative and heartbreaking journey through the Civil Rights era in Alabama. The book is centered around the Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing on Sunday, September 15, 1963.
3. A- The real life images, and newspaper articles provide a real life perspective, which is beneficial to young learners.
B- The opening of the book was strong because it begins with the story of four young girls on the morning of the bombing. Students will immediately connect with...more
2. An informative and heartbreaking journey through the Civil Rights era in Alabama. The book is centered around the Birmingham’s Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing on Sunday, September 15, 1963.
3. A- The real life images, and newspaper articles provide a real life perspective, which is beneficial to young learners.
B- The opening of the book was strong because it begins with the story of four young girls on the morning of the bombing. Students will immediately connect with...more
"Suddenly at 10:22, a dynamite blast rocked the building. Stained glass windows shattered. And thirty-inch-thick stone and brick walls thundered, tumbling in on the five young girls."
This is the story of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Sunday, September 15, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of the most horrible acts of terrorism during the Civil Rights Movement. Four 6th to 8th grade girls died that morning, two teenage boys who were outside the church also died that day, and man...more
This is the story of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on Sunday, September 15, 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of the most horrible acts of terrorism during the Civil Rights Movement. Four 6th to 8th grade girls died that morning, two teenage boys who were outside the church also died that day, and man...more
Birmingham Sunday, by Larry Dane Brimmer, Narrated by Robin Miles, Produced by recorded Books, downloaded from audible.com.
This is a re-telling of the scene at the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, Sept. 15th, 1963, where a bomb placed underneath the church, exploded and killed four teenage girls in the women’s bathroom. Two other teenage boys were killed on that day in the ensuing riots. This was just one, and probably the climax, of all the riots and violence that took place in...more
This is a re-telling of the scene at the Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, Sept. 15th, 1963, where a bomb placed underneath the church, exploded and killed four teenage girls in the women’s bathroom. Two other teenage boys were killed on that day in the ensuing riots. This was just one, and probably the climax, of all the riots and violence that took place in...more
Birmingham Sunday tells the story of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL that was bombed in 1963. The book is filled with photographs that portray the racial tension and battles of the south. The book provides the reader with background knowledge from Brown v. BOE , the KKK, MLK, Freedom Riders and sit-ins. The book culminates with the bombing of the church and provides memorials/biographies for the young children that were killed in the bombing.
The book is most appropriate fo...more
The book is most appropriate fo...more
During the Civil Rights Movement, Birmingham, Alabama was known as "Bombingham" due to the race-related violence that took place. Local and state government officials, including the governor, turned a blind eye to crimes committed against Blacks and often participated in cover-ups. Everything came to head when the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church was bombed on Sunday, September 15, 1963, killing four teenage girls and injuring others. Violence erupted throughout Birmingham, and two other boys wer...more
Birmingham Sunday explains the very sad Sunday that many young people were killed in Birmingham during the Civil Rights movement. The book not only focuses on that Sunday, but the towns hardships throughout the whole movement. It addresses important leaders during the time and provides clips and quotes from actual letters and speeches given at the time. The pictures included are all real photographs of those who died, protested, and fought for their freedom. This book was filled with facts that...more
This is my favorite of the books I've read about the September 1963 bombing of the Fifteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, because it allows the reader to get to know the four little girls who were killed in the blast. Other books show photographs of Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, Addie Mae Collins, and Denise McNair, but this book tells the reader who these girls were. They are real girls in this book, not just names and photographs from history.
Pair this with Christopher Pa...more
Pair this with Christopher Pa...more
This is a good book for middle school students when learning about the Civil Rights movement, although it lacks a certain emotion found in other books. The book provides a detailed account of the bombing that took place on Sept. 16, 1963 at a Baptist Church in Birmingham. The author uses FBI files, police surveillance records, and other primary-source documents to tell the story, but it is the pictures that give you a truer sense of who the people were and what was going on.
Audience: Higher Primary-Intermediate
Appeal: I think this would appeal to both people who are interested in history or the civil rights movement, and also to those who are researching events in the south surrounding the civil rights movement. It is an extremely interesting book, somewhat lengthy, but all around very interesting to hear the non-fiction part of it.
Award List:NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Appeal: I think this would appeal to both people who are interested in history or the civil rights movement, and also to those who are researching events in the south surrounding the civil rights movement. It is an extremely interesting book, somewhat lengthy, but all around very interesting to hear the non-fiction part of it.
Award List:NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
And interesting quick read about the civil rights movement of the 1960's and a tragic event that ended up changing the nation. What kept this from getting five stars were the authors need to set up the civil rights movement before he even mentioned the bombing in any detail. Because the book was so short this lengthy set up left very little time for the event itself.
The design of the book was distracting with sidebars, photo's and art on every page drawing the reader's eye all over the place.
The design of the book was distracting with sidebars, photo's and art on every page drawing the reader's eye all over the place.
I read this book after finishing To Kill A Mockingbird for class. I find The Civil Rights Movement to be a fascinating part of our history. I often find it hard to find a good non-fiction picture book, but this one is fantastic. Although the book talks about death, I find it to be great for a read aloud during a history unit on the Civil Rights Movement.
Award: 2011 Orbis Pictus NCTE Honor Book
Award: 2011 Orbis Pictus NCTE Honor Book
This is another book that was another Notable Books for a Global Society Award winner. Even though it is fast read--only about 30 minutes--I learned some new new things about this tragic day.
Very clear and well-formatted. Found out that Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III (the dean of my alma mater) was childhood friends with one of the little girls who was killed in the church blast in 1963.
This fantastically well-done pictorial history covers the events leading up to, the aftermath, and the happenings of the bombing of a church in Birmingham during the civil rights movement. It offers a lot of information on the key players in the CRM, too. A great HI-LO read for high schoolers. The primary resource photos are great!
2011 Jane Adams Award Honor Book
Nov 17, 2010
Sarah
marked it as to-order
Kirkus best children's books 2010.
Very well put together.
Amazing on its own, but such a great resource to use in tandem with The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. Using at the 8th grade level in Social Studies.
Wonderful non-fiction book about Birmingham during the 1960's and before. This would be a great book to pair with all of the fiction books that are currently coming out that take place during the 1960's, this would provide some needed background information for today's young readers.
I loved this, but felt like it tried to cram too much information into too few pages. I wish it was longer!
Apr 18, 2013
Darcie
marked it as to-read
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Award winning author of more than 150 titles for young readers--fiction and non-fiction. Lived in southwestern Colorado and currently lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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