Books About Voting – Set of 2

Description

Elections are around the corner. Do your children know how difficult it has been for African-Americans to vote?
Here are two books that describe just how precious and hard-fought the struggle was to gain this privilege.
Talk to them about this democratic right and how important it is for us to vote in every election – local and national.

ON SALE – Order Set of Two (2) and save!
1. “Granddaddy’s Turn – Journey to the Ballot Box”
2. “Lillian’s Right to Vote”

“Granddaddy’s Turn – Journey to the Ballot Box”
Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work but despite all the chores Granddaddy always makes time for play especially fishing trips. Even when there isn’t a bite to catch he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what s coming to you.
One morning when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit Michael knows that something very special must be happening? ?and sure enough everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the very first time Granddaddy is allowed to vote and he couldn’t be more proud. But can Michael be patient when it seems that justice just can t come soon enough? This powerful and touching true-life story shares one boy’s perspective of growing up in the segregated South while beautiful illustrations depict the rural setting in tender detail.” – publisher
32 pages
Ages 6-9
Reading Level: 3.6

“Lillian’s Right to Vote”
“As Lillian a 100-year-old African-American woman makes a ‘long haul up a steep hill’ to her polling place she sees more than trees and sky – she sees her family’s history. She sees the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment and her great-grandparents voting for the first time. She sees her parents try to register to vote. And she sees herself marching in a protest from Selma to Montgomery.” (publisher)

Hardcover
Reading Level – 5.6
Ages 6-10
40 pages