Grandmama's Pride - Softcover

Birtha, Becky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807530220 ISBN 13: 9780807530221

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2016

Synopsis

Six-year-old Sarah Marie, her mother, and her little sister travel down south to visit Grandmama in the summer of 1956. Grandmama makes every effort to shield her granddaughters from the prejudice that still plagues her town. But as Sarah Marie learns to read, she notices Grandmama’s town is filled with signs and rules that she’s never understood before. As Sarah Marie tries to make sense of the world around her, she’s left wondering if life in the South will ever change.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Every summer Sarah Marie visits her Grandmama who lives in the south. She doesn't realize how segregated the south is because Grandmama is too proud to put up with those things. They walk to town instead of sitting in the back of the bus.

About the Author:

Becky Birtha often traveled by bus as a child to visit family in Virginia. Remembering those trips gave her the idea for Grandmama’s Pride. She lives in Pennsylvania. Colin Bootman was born in Trinidad. He moved to the United States when he was seven, but the vibrant palette of the Caribbean has always influenced his painting. In 2004, he received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award. He lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0807530220
• ISBN 13: 9780807530221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bootman Colin