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Resource: Book (301.4-4383) Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story (Scholastic Reader, Level 2)     
Author: Bridges, Ruby
Publisher: Cartwheel Books, 2009
Length: 32 Pages
Subjects: African American children; African Americans - Louisiana - New Orleans; Children s Young Adult-Biography; New Orleans (La.); New Orleans (La.) Race relations.
# Copies: 1
ISBN/ISSN: 9780545108553
Description: The extraordinary true story of Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to integrate a New Orleans school — now with simple text for young readers!

In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history.

This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. With simple text and historical photographs, this easy reader explores an amazing moment in history and the courage of a young girl who stayed strong in the face of racism.

Age Groups: Preschool; Lower elementary


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