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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
Brad feels left out when Xavier and Yadina take a vote without him. Thanks to Susan B. Anthony, they learn that everyone should have a vote! This episode-based story focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family's tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As Lillian, a one-hundred-year-old African American woman, makes a "long haul up a steep hill" to her polling place, she sees more than trees and sky--she sees her family's history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandfather...
6) Papa's mark
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
"A son teaches his father how to write his name so he can vote for the first time in this historical tale filled with warmth and strength by Coretta Scott King Honor winner Colin Bootman's expressive oil paintings. In a new author's note, veteran teacher and author Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert expands upon the obstacles facing African American voters in the aftermath of the Civil War and the fight to end voter suppression that goes on even today. Simms...
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