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A review by debnanceatreaderbuzz
Busing Brewster by R.G. Roth, Richard Michelson
4.0
I happily received this preview book some months back, read it, cataloged it, and put it on my shelf. It was quickly snagged by a parent wishing to read stories to her children.
When the parent returned the book, I asked her what she had thought of it. She hesitated. Finally she said that her kids didn’t get the story.
It’s hard to imagine, but our young children as well as most parents of our young children don’t know much about the days when segregation was the rule in public schools. Perhaps we need to share the stories better. Busing Brewster is certainly one way to do this. I loved this little story of a boy’s experiences with integration, both happy and sad. It felt very real.
When the parent returned the book, I asked her what she had thought of it. She hesitated. Finally she said that her kids didn’t get the story.
It’s hard to imagine, but our young children as well as most parents of our young children don’t know much about the days when segregation was the rule in public schools. Perhaps we need to share the stories better. Busing Brewster is certainly one way to do this. I loved this little story of a boy’s experiences with integration, both happy and sad. It felt very real.