A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story

by Sharon Langley and Amy Nathan

Book Overview

From Sharon Langley, award-winning author Amy Nathan, and award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper, a picture book telling the true story of how a ride on a carousel made a powerful Civil Rights statement.

A Ride to Remember tells how a community came together--both Black and white--to make a change. When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African American families were not allowed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 141973685X
• ISBN13: 9781419736858
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4