Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
By Jonah Winter
IllustratorsIllustrated by Shane W. EvansEdition
Library edition with trade jacket added
PublisherRandom HouseImprintSchwartz & WadeISBN
9780385390293
Awards and Honors2016 Jane Addams Children’s Book Award Honor Younger Children
Finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize
Capitol Choices 2016 Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2015, Picture Books Booklist Best Picture Books of 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Younger Readers
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Younger Readers
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, K–2
2016 CCBC Choices–Picture Books for School-Age Children
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Fiction Picture Books
Best Multicultural Books of 2015 Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Historical Fiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Historical Fiction
Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
As Lillian, one-hundred-years old, walks to the polls, she remembers "the long haul up that steep hill" that her African American ancestors climbed to achieve U.S. voting rights. Author's note. Full-color illustrations rendered in mixed media.
Title alpha Lillian’s Right to Vote: A Celebration of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Level Independent Readers
Pages Count 40
Genre Fiction
Topics Voting. African Americans. American history. Civil rights.
SRC Level 8.200000
SRC Points 2.000000
Lexile 1030L
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-07-13
JLG Release Date Sep 2015
Minimum grade 1
Maximum grade 4
Reading level Elementary
Format Print
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