Gwen Strauss, Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Ruth and the Green Book

Illustrator: Cooper, Floyd

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ramsey tells the story of one black family's trip from Chicago to Alabama by car in the late 1940s. Along the way they encounter prejudice, but they also discover "The Green Book," a real guide to accommodations for African-American travelers. Illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lerner Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 9 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 240mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780761352556
• ISBN-10: 0761352554
• Artikelnr.: 29611635

Autorenporträt

Gwen Strauss's book of poems, Trail of Stones, with illustrations by Anthony Browne was published by Knopf in New York and Walker Books in London. The Night Shimmy (Random House), a children's book with the same illustrator, has been translated into several languages. She is an award-winning poet and her writing has appeared in many publications, including the London Sunday Times, The New Republic, New England Review, Kenyon Review, Tampa Review, and Antioch Review. She works as the on-site director at the Brown Foundation Fellowship Program at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France.