Both the text and the watercolor paintings of this book capture Ruby's incredible strength, the love of her family, and the turmoil of America in the early 1960s.
This beautiful picture book, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-illustrator George Ford, and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles, tells the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges. Students will read about Ruby Bridges' experience at an all-white elementary school to discover how she was a leader who enacted change. George Washington Carver and Henry Ford became friends in the late 1930s, drawn together by a mutual interest in developing new industrial products from the fruits of the soil. White parents pulled their children out of the school, and Ruby and her teacher were alone in the classroom. Auction Date Auction Date Auction Date In 1960, Ruby, a young African-American girl, entered a whites-only school in New Orleans. Auction Date We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at $2.98. In 1960, Ruby, a young African-American girl, entered a whites-only school in New Orleans. Auction Date
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Carver's warm letters to Ford, Clara Ford, and Ford's secretary Frank Campsall speak to the genuine depth of the friendship.
This beautiful picture book, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award-illustrator George Ford, and written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles, tells the true story of six-year-old Ruby Bridges. In 1960, Ruby, a young African-American girl, entered a whites-only school in New Orleans. Auction Date Auction Date Auction Date Every day for months, Ruby persevered.