Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
By Carole Boston Weatherford
IllustratorsIllustrated by Ekua HolmesEdition
Hardcover edition
PublisherCandlewickImprintCandlewickISBN
9780763665319
Awards and Honors2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner
2016 Caldecott Honor Book
2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Horn Book Fanfare List: Best Books of 2015, Nonfiction
2015 Parents’ Choice Book Awards: Nonfiction, Gold Booklist Best Picture Books of 2015 Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Middle Readers
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
2016 Amelia Bloomer List, Middle Grade–Nonfiction, Top Ten
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2015, Informational Books for Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Award Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Best Multicultural Books of 2015 Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies
Children’s Literature Assembly, 2016 Notable Children’s Books in the English Language Arts
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Biography and Memoir
2016 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Nonfiction
William Allen White Children’s Book Awards 2017–2018 Master List, Grades 6–8
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
2016 Coretta Scott King / John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award Winner The child of Mississippi sharecroppers, Fannie Lou Hamer was a leader in the civil rights movement: "I meant to prove that anyone, / black or white, rich or poor / could get involved in American politics." Author's note. Time line. Source notes. Selected bibliography. Full-color collage illustrations.
Title alpha Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 56
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). African Americans. The civil rights movement. Mississippi. Twentieth-century U.S. history. Voting rights. Biography and autobiography.
SRC Level 5.400000
SRC Points 3.000000
Lexile 820L
Trim Size 11" x 10 1/16"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-09-07
JLG Release Date Jan 2016
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
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