Books By:
Robert Coles
The Story Of Ruby Bridges
FROM SARAH:
Robert Coles, a child psychiatrist who worked with Ruby and her family, tells her story with gentle honesty, focusing on her faith, her resilience, and the simple prayer she offered for the people who jeered at her. This is a powerful picture book biography you don’t want to miss.
FROM THE PUBLISHER:
The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her.
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