Ruby Bridges: My Grandma's Camp

by Ruby Bridges, Michael Machira Mwangi (Illustrator)

Ruby My Grandma's Camp, by national civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, with whimsical and radiant artwork by Michael Machira Mwangi, is a heartfelt picture book about Ruby's summer at her grandparents' timeworn countryside farm, where she and her cousins explore, work together, and discover the fun of family and friendship."I was six years old. My parents would pack us up every summer... We headed to my grandparents' house in a small town located in the backwoods of Mississippi... every one of our cousins was shipped off to grandpa and grandma's house... the outdoors was always an adventure. The woods, my granny's garden, the cotton fields, those old dirt roads carved out through the trees, trees that lined each side of the road that we couldn't wait to climb every chance we got!"My Grandma's Camp, written by Ruby Bridges, is a lyrical and moving picture book that captures Ruby's summer spent at her grandparents' farm alongside her cousins. Through a warm, occasionally humorous narrative, My Grandma's Camp explores themes of family, friendship, cooperation, and the rhythms of farm life. Whether it was picking fruit from the trees and bushes, fishing in their favorite pond, exploring the "scary" woods with Grandma, tending to the chickens, pigs, cows, and horses, or harvesting vegetables from the garden, life on Grandma's Camp was a joyful blend of adventure, hard work, and unforgettable family moments."There's so much to learn from being on the farm, not to mention all the wonderful, tasty foods that come from farming, right from the ground. It just makes me wonder why any kid should ever be hungry, when we could solve the problem right from the ground we are standing on. Because of my grandparents, every summer, we were never hungry!"

Kindle Edition

Expected publication August 3, 2027

About the author

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.