Birmingham Sunday Contributor(s): Brimner, Larry Dane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590786130 ISBN-13: 9781590786130 Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism |
Dewey: 323.119 |
LCCN: 2009035716 |
Age Level: 12-UP |
Grade Level: 7-UP |
Lexile Measure: 1190 NC (Nonconforming Text) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.1" W x 11.1" L (1.15 lbs) 48 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
Awards: NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Ages 9 & Up, 2010 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended, Ten to Fourteen, 2011 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Books for Older Children, 2011 Orbis Pictus Award, Honor Book, Children's Nonfiction, 2011 Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Silver Medal Winner, Nonfiction-Young Adult, 2010 |
Review Citations: Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 56 Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2010 School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 174 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory Foreword 04/16/2010 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 135221 Reading Level: 8.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A Jane Addams Children's Honor Book A NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context. Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as Bombingham. Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the rallying place for Birmingham's African American community, Martin Luther King, Jr., using it as his headquarters when he was in town to further the cause of desegregation and equal rights. Rather than triggering paralyzing fear, the bombing was the definitive act that guaranteed passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation. |
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