Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist Mavynee Betsch

by Heidi Tyline King

Book Overview

This heartfelt picture book biography illustrated by the Caldecott Honoree Ekua Holmes, tells the story of MaVynee Betsch, an African American opera singer turned environmentalist and the legacy she preserved.

MaVynee loved going to the beach. But in the days of Jim Crow, she couldn't just go to any beach--most of the beaches in Jacksonville were for whites only. Knowing something must be done, her grandfather bought a beach that African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101996293
• ISBN13: 9781101996294
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3