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  • If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid)

If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement
(If You Were a Kid)

Author
Gwendolyn Hooks
Publication Date
February 01, 2017
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid)
Description

Follow along with two girls as they find themselves in the middle of a civil rights demonstration, and find out how the fight for equality changed the country forever.

Joyce Jenkins has recently moved to a new town with her family, and she will soon be attending a segregated school for the first time. Meanwhile, Connie Underwood is trying to figure out what her twin brothers are planning in secret.

Readers (Ages 7-9) will follow along with the two girls as they find themselves in the middle of a civil rights demonstration, and find out how the fight for equality changed the country forever.

Publication date
February 01, 2017
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780531230985
Lexile Measure
700
Publisher
C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Series
If You Were a Kid
BISAC categories
JNF025210 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/20th Century
Library of Congress categories
History
African Americans
United States
Civil rights movements
20th century
Civil rights
Race relations
Gwendolyn Hooks
Gwendolyn Hooks, winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children, was born in Savannah, Georgia. She taught seventh-grade math until one day she realized she wanted to write for children. Now, she is the author of 20 books for children. She writes both fiction and nonfiction to encourage children to explore their world.

Margaux Carpentier a London-based painter and illustrator. She is one of the featured artists in Taschen's The Illustrator: 100 Best from Around the World. She works on all kind of projects, ranging from illustrated books to large scale painting and murals, and sometimes even sculptures. She is the illustrator of Darwin's Tree of Life (Interlink/Crocodile 2019).
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