Grandmama's Pride - Hardcover

Birtha, Becky

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080753028X ISBN 13: 9780807530283

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2005

Synopsis

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 this title

About the Author:

Birtha is an Albert Whitman author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4–A 1956 summer visit to their grandmother's home exposes two African-American girls to segregation and prejudice unlike anything they have experienced in the North. As they travel south by bus, their mother explains that the best seats are at the back. At a rest stop, most travelers head for the lunch counter, but Mama reminds her daughters that she has packed them a delicious lunch. When they arrive at their destination, six-year-old Sarah Marie notices the two separate waiting rooms and wonders why her grandmother is waiting in the one without seats. The gentle tone of Birtha's writing reflects the quiet dignity with which the adults in Sarah Marie's family meet the indignities of Jim Crow laws. When they return the following summer, the Supreme Court has desegregated the schools, buses, and public places. The strong, sensitive writing is enhanced by beautiful watercolor paintings filled with chips of light. This story will generate discussions on a range of topics including racial segregation, bullying, and self-respect.–Mary Hazelton, Elementary Schools in Warren & Waldoboro, ME
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 080753028X
• ISBN 13: 9780807530283
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bootman Colin