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The Story of Ruby Bridges: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
Discover the life of Ruby Bridges—a story about bravery and breaking down barriers for kids ages 6 to 9
Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to attend an all-white public school in the southern United States. Before she helped desegregate schools and change the course of history, Ruby had a simple childhood. She was a happy girl who helped take care of her younger siblings and loved to play outside. Her life changed when she was chosen to attend William Frantz Elementary, where she became a civil rights leader at a very young age. Explore how Ruby went from being a thoughtful girl growing up in Mississippi to a national leader in the fight for equality.
The Story of Ruby Bridges
How will Ruby's courage inspire you?
Ruby Bridges was the first Black student to attend an all-white public school in the southern United States. Before she helped desegregate schools and change the course of history, Ruby had a simple childhood. She was a happy girl who helped take care of her younger siblings and loved to play outside. Her life changed when she was chosen to attend William Frantz Elementary, where she became a civil rights leader at a very young age. Explore how Ruby went from being a thoughtful girl growing up in Mississippi to a national leader in the fight for equality.
The Story of Ruby Bridges
How will Ruby's courage inspire you?
64 pages, Paperback
Published July 20, 2021
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September 26, 2021
This is a great book about Ruby Bridges for young readers. I love the colorful illustrations and the way it is organized. Each short chapter includes a question that connects the reader to the story and helps children grow in empathy. The book also points to several other great resources about Ruby Bridge's story, including her own books, as well as movies and the Oprah video when Bridges meets her teacher again. My nine year old daughter read this in one sitting with ease.
July 24, 2023
This chapter book biography shares good information about Ruby Bridges and the special role that she played in history, but there are multiple other children's books about her that are better and more accurate. This one oversimplifies a number of details, and it also falsely claims that Ruby Bridges was the first Black person to desegregate a white school. She was the first Black child to desegregate a white elementary school, while the Little Rock Nine had already made history at a high school three years prior.
This book is vague about some of the challenges that Ruby's family faced, and it doesn't always make it clear that the these difficulties were direct reprisals for their involvement in desegregation, not unrelated misfortunes. It also surprised and disappointed me that the author never once mentioned Ruby's Christian faith. Her family's faith helped sustain them in the midst of injustice and great suffering, and it is essential to the story.
One of the most remarkable details about young Ruby is that when she was escorted past screaming, hateful mobs on the way to school every day, she would echo the words of Jesus by praying, "Please, Dear God, forgive them because they don’t know what they’re doing." Her depths of faith and compassion at such a young age are deeply inspiring, and this book feels incomplete without them.
I received a free copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest review.
This book is vague about some of the challenges that Ruby's family faced, and it doesn't always make it clear that the these difficulties were direct reprisals for their involvement in desegregation, not unrelated misfortunes. It also surprised and disappointed me that the author never once mentioned Ruby's Christian faith. Her family's faith helped sustain them in the midst of injustice and great suffering, and it is essential to the story.
One of the most remarkable details about young Ruby is that when she was escorted past screaming, hateful mobs on the way to school every day, she would echo the words of Jesus by praying, "Please, Dear God, forgive them because they don’t know what they’re doing." Her depths of faith and compassion at such a young age are deeply inspiring, and this book feels incomplete without them.
I received a free copy from the publisher through Amazon Vine in exchange for an honest review.
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