Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Acclaimed civil rights icon, Ruby Bridges, shares the touching tale of reuniting with the first-grade teacher who changed her life, Mrs. Henry.
Once again, you have shown me that you never get too old to learn. Teaching really is the noblest of professions.
When Ruby Bridges was only six years old, she made history by being the first Black child to integrate William Frantz Elementary School. She became best friends with her teacher, Mrs. Henry. Excited to come back for her second year, Ruby is soon devastated to learn that Mrs. Henry isn't her second-grade teacher. Where did Mrs. Henry go? Can Ruby ever reconnect with her favorite teacher?
A love letter to teachers who hold the power to change lives, Ruby Bridges: A Talk with My Teacher illuminates the lasting impact that the best of teachers can have on the lives of their students. Trudy Tran's emotive rendering of Ruby Bridges from childhood to adulthood brings new life to this heartwarming story of a reunion between two long lost best friends.
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A year after becoming the first Black child to integrate William Frantz Elementary School, a young Ruby Bridges (b. 1954) approaches second grade with anticipation, the crowds and U.S. Marshals having now gone. "This school is filled with kids now," Bridges exclaims, "and some of them even look like me!" Eager to reunite with Mrs. Henry, her first grade teacher during a year that was "one for the history books," Bridges is crestfallen to discover not only that she'll have a new classroom and teacher, but that Mrs. Henry has left the school entirely. A sudden turn at the book's midpoint moves forward to 1995, when the two reunite in Bridges's adulthood, a meeting 35 years in the making. Tran's watercolor-style digital art recounts both eras with soft focus, while lengthy text dives into memory and resolution. An author's note concludes. Ages 4–8.
