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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Ruth and the Green Book

Ruth and the Green Book

Strauss, Gwen
Ramsey, Calvin Alexander
Cooper, Floyd

Hardcover

General Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 0761352554
ISBN13: 9780761352556
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R)
Published: Aug 1 2010
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.40 Width: 9.40 Depth: 11.10
Language: English
Awards: Bluebonnet Awards, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Delaware Diamonds Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards, IndieFab awards, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, Jefferson Cup, North Carolina Children's Book Award, Sequoyah Book Awards

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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