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Title details for Ruth and the Green Book by Gwen Strauss - Available

Ruth and the Green Book

by Gwen Strauss
Calvin Alexander Ramsey
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The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that Black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to Black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws . . . Finally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth's family The Green Book. It listed all of the places that would welcome Black travelers. With this guidebook—and the kindness of strangers—Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma's house in Alabama. Ruth's story is fiction, but The Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow are historical fact.
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Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
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Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 1, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781467767453
  • Release date: August 1, 2010

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9780761362180
  • File size: 12662 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2010
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subjects

African American Fiction Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Travel Literature Picture Book Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.6
Lexile® Measure:700
Interest Level:K-3(LG)
Text Difficulty:3

The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that Black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to Black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws . . . Finally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth's family The Green Book. It listed all of the places that would welcome Black travelers. With this guidebook—and the kindness of strangers—Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma's house in Alabama. Ruth's story is fiction, but The Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow are historical fact.
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African American Fiction Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Travel Literature Picture Book Fiction