| The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage Contributor(s): Alko, Selina (Author), Qualls, Sean (Illustrator), Alko, Selina (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0545478537 ISBN-13: 9780545478533 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: January 2015 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: 306.846 |
| LCCN: 2014005329 |
| Age Level: 4-8 |
| Grade Level: PreK-3 |
| Lexile Measure: 720 AD (Adult Directed Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.7" W x 10.2" L (0.85 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Religious Orientation - Native American |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014 Publishers Weekly 11/03/2014 Booklist 12/01/2014 pg. 36 School Library Journal 12/01/2014 pg. 146 Shelf Awareness 01/30/2015 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2015 pg. 125 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 152 - Superior,Well Above Average Kirkus Best Picture Books 11/15/2015 pg. 47 PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 44 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 171643 Reading Level: 4.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about. -- Mildred Loving, June 12, 2007For most children these days it would come as a great shock to know that before 1967, they could not marry a person of a race different from their own. That was the year that the Supreme Court issued its decision in Loving v. Virginia.This is the story of one brave family: Mildred Loving, Richard Perry Loving, and their three children. It is the story of how Mildred and Richard fell in love, and got married in Washington, D.C. But when they moved back to their hometown in Virginia, they were arrested (in dramatic fashion) for violating that state's laws against interracial marriage. The Lovings refused to allow their children to get the message that their parents' love was wrong and so they fought the unfair law, taking their case all the way to the Supreme Court - and won |
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