What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
SOLVED: Children's/YA
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SOLVED. "Uppity" girl drinks from water fountain as part of 1970s collection of fictional short stories about children dealing with situations as they grow up
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On the off-chance that it may be an anthology of excerpts from other books, part of this one deals with a girl from New Jersey who has to move to Florida in the late 1940's, and she is chastised for using a drinking fountain designated for African Americans. She doesn't know segregation from living in the north, and has a hard time dealing with it.
Unfortunately, not it. This story was about an African-American girl drinking from a public fountain in a park and a white woman calls her uppity. But thanks for the suggestion.
I'm ecstatic to report that I've found this book! It's actually in one of the three I just found were still in my mom's basement!!All three books were pretty obscure classroom readers published in the 60s and 70s. I don't remember which book it was in, but the names of the books are:
I Do, Dare and Dream
Reaching Ahead
Aiming High
After several years of searching, I can't believe my original books were right under my nose the whole time!
There were probably 15-20 stories in this book. I remember a few of them:
One was about a boy named Cullen who lived in the inner city and was invited to dinner by a wealthy family. He returns home and talks to his grandfather about the differences in lifestyles.
Another was about a girl who was called "uppity" in a town park and gets upset. A policeman sees what happened and talks her through the issue.
In another story, a young girl has to help her physically impaired parent run the household.'
Oh! And I think there was a short, informative page or two all about Stan "The Man" Musial.
The book had both hand illustrations as well as photos to go along with the different stories.
I think the cover had bold horizontal stripes in 3 or 4 colors.