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Final Round - 2024 Mock Caldecott Award
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last updated Jan 16, 2024 07:51AM
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As a picture book biography, Love is Loud focuses on the lifelong work of Diane Nash as an activist. Raised to believe in herself and her value, Diane Nash learned to stand up against the rampant racism and segregation around her. Interestingly, the author writes as if the reader is Diane, putting the reader front and center into the experiences and feelings that drove Diane to spend her life working for change. From the visit to an amusement park and seeing separate but not equal bathrooms to h
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Reading this book reminded me that there were so many people involved in the civil rights movement. Only the high profile personalities get exposure. I'm happy to be introduced to a brave, strong, intelligent woman who made a different. This is a Mock Caldecott selection for April. The illustrator is Caldecott Award recipient Bryan Collier, so we should keep an eye on this book.
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This is a powerful picture book biography of Civil Rights Hero Diane Nash. With spectacular illustrations by Bryan Collier you will experience her big wins: sitting and ordering at a lunch counter, choosing to be jailed without bail despite being pregnant, and leading a group to the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee to protest the separation of races around the city, and finally to fight for changes in voting rights restricting some Americans based on the color of their skin.
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Another book that proves how racist and sexist American history is/was.
Learned about another civil rights activist that I had never heard of before.
Liked the emphasis on peaceful protest and acknowledging the sexism within the civil rights movement where men were given the platform to speak.
Liked King's quote. "No lie can live forever."
Backmatter highlights her accomplishments further. Diane Nash led John Lewis and others to integrate Nashville's restaurants. She left university to become a ful ...more
Learned about another civil rights activist that I had never heard of before.
Liked the emphasis on peaceful protest and acknowledging the sexism within the civil rights movement where men were given the platform to speak.
Liked King's quote. "No lie can live forever."
Backmatter highlights her accomplishments further. Diane Nash led John Lewis and others to integrate Nashville's restaurants. She left university to become a ful ...more
love the illustrations. I can see this getting lots of recognition and being used in lots of classrooms. Well done. Amazing back matter add to books value.
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