Ruth and the Green Book
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Ramsey, Calvin A.
Contributors
Strauss, Gwen.
Cooper, Floyd, illustrator.
Published
Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, �2010.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Author page about Calvin Alexander Ramsey (National Writers Union)
Link to digitized copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1949 edition (from University of Michigan webpage, Automobile in American Life and Society, Race)
Link to selected scanned images from The Negro Traveler's Green Book, Spring 1956 edition (from Teaching American History in South Carolina)

Subjects

LC Subjects
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Automobile travel -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Segregation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
African Americans.
Automobile travel.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Segregation.
Southern States.
United States.
Other Subjects
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Automobile travel -- Fiction.
Automobile travel -- Fiction.
Automobile travel -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Segregation -- Fiction.
Segregation -- United States -- Juvenile fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.

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Published
Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, �2010.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 4.6, 1 Points

Notes

General Note
Includes a page on "The history of The Negro Motorist Green Book."
Description
When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green Book."
Target Audience
Grades 1-4 (SLJ).
Awards
American Library Association Notable Children's Books, 2011 ; Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices ; Jefferson Cup Award ; Texas Bluebonnet Award ; Bluestem Award ; ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award ; Sequoyah Book Award ; Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children's Literature ; Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children ; Independent Publisher Book Award ; Skipping Stones Book Award ; Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year ; Jane Addams Children's Book Award ; Society of School Librarians International (SSLI) Book Award.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ramsey, C. A., Strauss, G., & Cooper, F. (2010). Ruth and the Green Book . Carolrhoda Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ramsey, Calvin A, Gwen. Strauss and Floyd, Cooper. 2010. Ruth and the Green Book. Carolrhoda Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Ramsey, Calvin A, Gwen. Strauss and Floyd, Cooper. Ruth and the Green Book Carolrhoda Books, 2010.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ramsey, Calvin A., Gwen Strauss, and Floyd Cooper. Ruth and the Green Book Carolrhoda Books, 2010.

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