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Keep Climbing, Girls
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Keep Climbing, Girls Hardcover - 2006

by Richards, Beah E

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First published in 1951, this dynamic ode to girl power, written by a noted African-American actress, poet, and playwright, is given new life in an edition that is introduced by filmmaker/actress LisaGay Hamilton. Full color.

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  • Title Keep Climbing, Girls
  • Author Richards, Beah E
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, U.S.A.
  • Date 2006-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # WAL-T-2a-01666
  • ISBN 9781416902645 / 1416902643
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.22 x 8.98 x 0.42 in (28.50 x 22.81 x 1.07 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 810
  • Library of Congress subjects Poetry, Children's poetry, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004029153
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 07/01/2006, Page 33
  • Booklist, 02/01/2006, Page 70
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2006, Page 245
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2006, Page 421
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/01/2005, Page 1279
  • Multicultural Review, 10/01/2006, Page 93
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/23/2006, Page 207
  • School Library Journal, 02/01/2006, Page 124

About the author

Beah E. Richards (1920-2000) was born Beulah Elizabeth Richardson in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where the number-one rule in her parents' home was, "The bottom is overcrowded so strive for the top!" She came to New York in 1950. Her first significant stage role was in 1955, playing an elderly woman in the off-Broadway play Take a Giant Step. She developed a career as a prolific actress, playwright, and published poet, receiving a Tony nomination for her role in James Baldwin's The Amen Corner, and garnering an Oscar nomination for her part as Mrs. Prentice in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. In 1988 she won an Emmy for her role on Frank's Place, and in 2000 she won an Emmy award for her role on The Practice. LisaGay Hamilton accepted the award on behalf of Ms. Richards, and delivered the Emmy to Beah in Mississippi. Ms. Richards died two weeks later.

LisaGay Hamilton wrote and directed the award-winning documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks, which chronicles the life of Beah Richards. Ms. Hamilton was a series regular for seven years on the television drama The Practice as Rebecca Washington. Along with Beah Richards, Ms. Hamilton appeared in the movie adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. She is a graduate of the Juilliard Drama Division.

R. Gregory Christie received a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Freedom in Congo Square, written by Carole Boston Weatherford. He is a three-time recipient of The New York Times's 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Year Award, a six-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award in Illustration, and a winner of the Boston Globe­-Horn Book Award, the NAACP's Image Award, and the Once Upon a World Children's Book Award from the Museum of Tolerance. Visit Mr. Christie's website at Gas-Art.com.

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