The Story of Ruby Bridges: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers (The Story of Biographies) Paperback – July 20, 2021

Book came promptly and was a great read to start the discussion about the importance of Ruby Bridges and all she had to face. Easy for my two kids to understand.

I bought this book to read to my second grade class. I am so impressed! I will definitely be looking into other books from this series. There are so many details of Ruby’s story that are not covered in any of the other books I own. It includes some great text features. There is a table of contents, glossary, and bibliography. It includes several labeled maps. There is a great time line included. My class has already learned about Rosa Parks, and the time line includes the bus boycott. I love the myths/facts images in each chapter. And the “Jump in the Think Tank” part allows for some great classroom discussions with partners. It gives time for students to make personal connections with Ruby’s experiences. The description of Dr. Cole and his profession is perfect to pair with SEL lessons. There are comprehension questions in the final chapter.As for the quality of the physical book, it is a paperback book with high quality paper. The cover is thicker and sturdier than I’d expect. The font is slightly larger, similar to what you’d see in a chapter book intended for young readers. It is very bright and colorful. It is fully illustrated, so I used a different book to show photos to my class. There is a string from the binding sticking out of my copy.

Great book about an amazing person. My 3rd graders looked the book!

Great book

My granddaughter loved this book

Love the story of a brave child. Great example for other young children. Donated to free books for reading organization.

This is a biography for elementary age students which seeks to make connections between the famous person and the child reader. The font size is large and there are color illustrations, timelines and myth versus fact sidebars.Another purpose of this book is to educate the reader about segregation and racism in USA in the 1950s and 1960s. One thing I am not happy with is that while I enjoyed the book — the last paragraph where it says that segregation continues to exist in the United States today was shocking and misleading. I am disappointed in that statement because the whole book was about US governments separating kids by race into different public schools and how that ended. As was stated, in 1954 that was made illegal by Brown vs. Board of Education. It is not legal to segregate children in schools nor is any other intentional segregation by race imposed on citizens by our federal or state governments in 2021 (book publication year). See photo.That same year Ruby Bridges was born. She moved from Mississippi to New Orleans and in 1960 she began to attend a desegregated school. She was an innocent child who did not understand the climate of those times in The South. This book does not sugar coat the story. None of the Louisiana teachers would teach her so a white teacher from Boston came down to teach her in a room by herself as all other families refused to let their white kids be in the classroom with a black child. Eventually a few other students joined her. The next year there were other black children in the school with her in a regular classroom. It then tells how Bridges did activism work as an adult. I thought the story was told well as intended for young readers. I took one star off for the misleading last paragraph.I intend to use this in my classroom with sixth graders who are struggling readers who will find this on an appropriate reading level for their ability.

Amazing!