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laurenpedersen's review against another edition
5.0
The story of Ruby Bridges who attended a white school escorted by US Marshalls at the beginning of desegregation in New Orleans. What I love about this book is the emphasis her family placed on prayer for the situation and how Ruby herself prayed for the protesters.
mariahroze's review against another edition
5.0
This was a great story that was extremely knowledgeable about Ruby Bridges' life. It is an important read when talking about Civil Rights, because it explains it in easier terms.
a_manning11's review against another edition
5.0
This is a clear and short introduction to the role Ruby Bridges played as a six-year-old in the process of desegregation in the south. The illustrations are beautiful and have character.
stilesb's review against another edition
4.0
The Story of Ruby Bridges is the true story of Ruby Bridges' life when she was a 6 year old girl, growing up in New Orleans during the Civil Rights movement. She was selected by the courts to go to Franz Elementary School, as all white school. The story tells of her experience each morning as she walks through the mobs of angry people to her class each day. The magic of this story is how well Ruby handled the challenges. Other families pulled their students out of school, and yet Ruby remained happy and positive as she went to school alone each day.
I love the grace that Ruby is told with. She was facing such extreme adversity as such a young child and still managed to keep a positive outlook. The story told us how she prayed for each of the people as they hurled insults her way each morning.
I think this would be a powerful book to read to K-5 students when teaching about the Civil Rights movement because of Ruby's young age. I think hearing about a girl who was their age, or even younger and the impact and experiences she had would make the content more relatable for students. Students hear about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, but they don't hear about the children who were doing their part.
I love the grace that Ruby is told with. She was facing such extreme adversity as such a young child and still managed to keep a positive outlook. The story told us how she prayed for each of the people as they hurled insults her way each morning.
I think this would be a powerful book to read to K-5 students when teaching about the Civil Rights movement because of Ruby's young age. I think hearing about a girl who was their age, or even younger and the impact and experiences she had would make the content more relatable for students. Students hear about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, but they don't hear about the children who were doing their part.
kylaslittlelibrary's review against another edition
5.0
Robert Coles witnessed the mobs Ruby walked through and offered his services as a children’s psychologist to Ruby and her family. He many articles on black children that were being integrated in the all-white schools. Later he specialized in the moral development in children and you can see aspects of this in the book.
brookamimi's review against another edition
5.0
The way my Black and Hispanic 1st graders said were grateful they could go to school together had me teary.
katieckb's review against another edition
3.0
This is a children’s book that tells the story of Ruby Bridges. She is a young girl and one of the first black children to enter and be taught in a “white” school in the days following the end of segregation.