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The Story of Ruby Bridges by [Robert Coles, George Ford]

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The Story of Ruby Bridges Kindle Edition

by Robert Coles (Author), George Ford (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first African American child to integrate a New Orleans school with this paperback reissue!

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles' powerful narrative and dramatically illustrated by George Ford, Ruby's story of courage, faith, and hope is now available in this special 50th anniversary edition with an updated afterword!

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4 - 8 years
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32 pages
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English
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Preschool - 3
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Scholastic Inc.
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November 1, 2010
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"Ford's moving watercolour paintings... capture the physical warmth of Ruby's family and community, the immense powers against her, and her shining inner strength." -- Booklist

Praise for The Story of Ruby Bridges

"Ford's moving watercolour paintings... capture the physical warmth of Ruby's family and community, the immense powers against her, and her shining inner strength." -- Booklist

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Ruby Bridges was the sole African American child to attend a New Orleans elementary school after court-ordered desegregation in 1960. Noted research psychiatrist Coles tells how federal marshals escorted the intrepid six-year-old past angry crowds of white protestors thronging the school. Parents of the white students kept them home, and so Ruby "began learning how to read and write in an empty classroom, an empty building." Although there are disappointingly few words from Ruby herself, Coles's use of quotes from her teacher adds to the story's poignancy ("Sometimes I'd look at her and wonder how she did it.... How she went by those mobs and sat here all by herself and yet seemed so relaxed and comfortable"). The story has a rather abrupt ending; the concluding page reprints the prayer that Ruby said daily, asking God to forgive the protesters. Coles cursorily finishes the tale of Ruby's unsettling year in an afterword (two boys and then the rest of the students returned to school; the mobs dispersed by the time Ruby entered second grade). Ford (Bright Eyes, Brown Skin; Paul Robeson) contributes affecting watercolors that play up Ruby's moral courage. Ages 5-9.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00W2BQE28
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic Inc.; Special Anniversary ed. edition (November 1, 2010)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2010
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6166 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #224,682 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #21 in Children's United States Biographies (Kindle Store)
- #65 in Children's Historical Biographies (Kindle Store)
- #68 in Children's 1900s US Historical Fiction

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Robert Coles is professor emeritus at Harvard University and the author of numerous books, including his series Children of Crisis, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. He has also won a MacArthur Award, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a National Humanities Medal. He lives in Massachusetts.

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Where Rivers Flow

Good supplement to learning about Civil Rights heroes

Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2018

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My 5yo loved, loved learning about Ruby Bridges and her bravery. This book was great, but the picture of the "angry mob" had people of color as the majority, when in reality White people were protesting her presence in the school. I'm not sure why the illustrator and author decided to do that, but it can be confusing to young children. I mean racism, in general, is confusing to young kids, but that just adds to it.
I'd also recommend the book "The Youngest Marcher."

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Way too short, abrupt ending

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020

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It is inspiring. But the book ends abruptly. We were not expecting that, not for 6.99 . Also, I can't believe people are complaining about Ruby's family using faith to make it through this hard time. News flash black history is deeply rooted in faith, in case you didn't know.

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Ms. L. Holiday

That there is a true and living God. May she be blessed.

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2020

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I thought it was a sad but beautiful story of her life and what she had to endure as a child it just show how racism is still happening today. I really enjoyed reading how things eventually turned out and that she now has her own family. And she can teach her children about love. I wish that I could meet her one day. I am sixty eight years old and I’m so fascinated with her life.

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mcdq

A watered-down intro to civil rights for younger children

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2021

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I bought this book for my grandchildren, who are (thankfully) being raised in a diverse neighborhood, by parents who are determined they will learn tolerance and acceptance at home. My daughter had the book on their Christmas list. I don’t know if she’s read it to them yet, but I do know they are still too young to comprehend the magnitude of Ruby’s story. Had they been present that day, they would have seen Ruby as just another kid, what’s the problem? Even when they’re older, I think it will be hard for them to imagine a time and place when black Americans were denied ordinary civil rights, and a little black girl was escorted to public school by armed officers to protect her from waves of angry white people. I can hardly imagine it myself sometimes. (I was only 3 years younger than Ruby on that day.)
One reviewer thought the book failed to address the prevailing venomous racist attitudes and behavior of the times. Maybe that was the author’s intent. The book does seem to distill Ruby’s story down to simple messages: it wasn’t fair, and it was against the law. And maybe that’s enough for younger children, but I believe that school children need to learn the whole truth, sooner rather than later.
Other reviewers called this book out for too much religion. I didn’t care for it either, but you can leave it out or skim over it without changing the overall message. The author probably included it because his research showed it was truly important to Ruby’s family. And, as stated by another reviewer, it’s no secret that faith and churchgoing are important elements in black communities. Still, you can probably find another book about Ruby with less emphasis on Christian messages.
Finally, the story left me wondering about the judge. I would like to know what reasoning prompted him to send 3 little girls together to one school, but send Ruby to another school by herself. Was it based on where they lived?

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Mel M.

Perfect for children!

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020

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This book is exactly what I needed to introduce the conversation of racism, discrimination, and bigotry. It helps open the door for conversation about our history's darkest moments.

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Jokena Islam

Illustrations need improvement

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2021

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We bought this book for our 4-year old son. We've been educating him more about black history and have been using books to aid with this. This book was good at teaching him the story of Ruby Bridges on an entry level. However, we and he noticed that the mob of people who was protesting Ruby integrating the school looked black as opposed to white. He was perplexed by this because it contradicted what the story was saying as well as what we've been teaching him. Someone else had listed this as a downfall of the book and I must agree. The illustration is inaccurate.

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George Johnson

A BOOK TO REMEMBER

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019

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WELL THE BOOK HAVE A GOOD STORE TO TELL, BUT IT WAS ALL IN A COLORING BOOK FORMAT. I DID NOT LIKE IT THAT WAY, SO I'LL BE LOOKING FOR A HARD COPY THAT WILL BE MORE REAL TO ME.

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Moosey

Great story for little ones

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2018

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I try to find opportunities to talk to my kindergartner about race in a developmentally appropriate way. This is a great book for that. Only problem is I usually can't make it through without crying :)

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SashaA

Just OK

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2021

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Was hoping this would be good to teach my 5 year old Ruby’s story, but I end up altering a lot of the language as it is quite religious. It brushes on race, but the moral of this particular story is “thanks to God”. Book quality feels quite cheaply made too.

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Camel's Toe

A favourite

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2020

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My five year old loves this book and it inspired us to buy more books about Ruby Bridges and generally learn more about the civil rights movement

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Geraldine haden

A lovely informative book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 26, 2017

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A lovely simple book to read to children and to explain to them about how people were treated then and how far we have come since this brave little girl swam against the tide of prejudice xx

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Emmybee

It was a brilliant book that I could read and then explain to ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2016

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I was emotional reading this to my son. It was a brilliant book that I could read and then explain to my 6 year old son, the consequences of how someone feels when you're mean/racist/bullying/unkind. He could also see what it was for someone to come through adversity and literaly change their course of life

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Tracey

Fantastic book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2021

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Excellent story telling, and beautiful illustrations full of colour

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