Lillian's Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Author: Winter, Jonah

Brand: SCHWARTZ & WADE

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Illustrated

Features:

• Schwartz Wade Books

Binding: hardcover

Format: Picture Book

Number Of Pages: 40

Release Date: 14-07-2015

Part Number: illustrations

Details: Product Description
An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a “long haul up a steep hill” to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky—she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather voting for the first time. She sees her parents trying to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery. Veteran bestselling picture-book author Jonah Winter and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Evans vividly recall America’s battle for civil rights in this lyrical, poignant account of one woman’s fierce determination to make it up the hill and make her voice heard.

"Moving.... Stirs up a potent mixture of grief, anger, and pride at the history of black people’s fight for access to the ballot box." —
The New York Times

"A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these victories in the present." —
Kirkus Reviews, Starred

"A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement." —
Publishers Weekly, Starred

"An important book that will give you goose bumps." —
Booklist, Starred
Review
"Moving.... Stirs up a potent mixture of grief, anger, and pride at the history of black people’s fight for access to the ballot box." —The New York Times“A much-needed picture book that will enlighten a new generation about battles won and a timely call to uphold these victories in the present.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review“The illustrations… are what truly distinguish this offering… A powerful historical picture book.” —School Library Journal, starred review“Simple yet powerful, Lillian’s narrative transforms a complex topic into an affecting story suitable for a younger audience, making it a perfect introduction to voting and civil rights. An important book that will give you goose bumps.” —Booklist, starred  review"“Winter's prose has a lofty, oratorical quality...skillfully blending Lillian's individual path to the voting booth with the historical context that made it possible...A valuable introduction to and overview of the civil rights movement.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
About the Author
Jonah Winter has written many highly acclaimed books for children, including
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, which was named an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book and a
Booklist Top of the List, and
You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!, which received four starred reviews and was named a
Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book. His other books include
Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, a
New York Times Best Illustrated Book;
Barack, a
New York Times bestseller; and
Dizzy, recipient of Best Book of the Year citations from
Booklist, School Library Journal, The Horn Book Magazine, The Bulletin, and
Kirkus Reviews. Jonah divides his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a small town in Pennsylvania.
 
Shane W. Evans is the author and illustrator of numerous books for children, including
We March and
Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom, which received the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award. He has illustrated more than thirty picture books, including
Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter by Alan Govenar, winner of the
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction. Shane lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where he runs Dream Studio, a community art space.

EAN: 9780385390286

Package Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English