The Story of Ruby Bridges
Illustrator
George Ford
Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Year
1995
ISBN
9780590439671
Pages
32 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picture book
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
Grade Level
PK-1, K-3
Lexile Measure
AD730L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Race discrimination; racism; prejudice; segregation
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
Black
Family Formation
mother and father
Awards
ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Award, 1996
South Carolina Children's Book Award, 1998
Keywords
school integration; education; freedom; race relations; school system; strength; New Orleans; church; Christianity
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Coles, Robert, "The Story of Ruby Bridges" (1995). Diverse Families. 801.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/801