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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
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Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Pinkney, Andrea Davis

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  • Hardcover

The Pinkneys present a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Woolworth lunch counter sit-in, when four college kids staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement. Full color.

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2010-02-03. Illustrated. hardcover. Used:Good.
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  • Title Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
  • Author Pinkney, Andrea Davis
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition Illustrated
  • Condition Used:Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-02-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian
  • Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0316070165
  • ISBN 9780316070164 / 0316070165
  • Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.96 x 9.44 x 0.44 in (30.38 x 23.98 x 1.12 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 10 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 5
  • Reading level 600
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Civil rights - History -, African Americans - Civil rights - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009019470
  • Dewey Decimal Code 323.119

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2010, Page 60
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2010, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Multicultural Review, 08/01/2010, Page 63
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/08/2010, Page 50
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2010, Page 148
  • Shelf Awareness, 01/01/0001, Page 0

About the author

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than 20 books for children, including Bird in a Box and several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In, Hand in Hand, and Martin & Mahalia. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.

Andrea and Brian are a husband-and-wife team who live with their children in New York City.