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Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down Cover Image Book

Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, (author.). Pinkney, J. Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement."--Amazon.com.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316070164
  • ISBN: 0316070165
  • Physical Description: 42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 7-10.
AD600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 5.2.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 5.2 0.5 135632.
Reading Counts RC K-2 3.7 2 Quiz: 49625.
Awards Note:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Jane Addams Book Award Honors for Books for Older Children, 2011
Jane Addams Older Children's Book Award, 2011.

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Genre:
Literature.

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  • 62 of 64 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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