This Is Your Time

by Ruby Bridges

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - CBC KIDS' BOOK CHOICE AWARD WINNER

Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges--who, at the age of six, was the first black child to integrate into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans--inspires readers and calls for action in this moving letter. Her elegant, memorable gift book is especially uplifting in the wake of Kamala Harris making US history as the first female, first Black, and first South Asian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593378520
• ISBN13: 9780593378526
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Beautiful and Powerful!

An engaging and essential read for adults and kids! Explains what racism is and how "grownups teach racism to children." No one is born with hatred in their hearts. Love and unity will heal all. Terrific current and historical photos. As Ms. Bridges quotes Dr. Martin Luther King: "Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve..."