Ruth Objects
The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
14 April 2020
Summary
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a trailblazer. A fighter. A public servant who has dedicated her life to the pursuit of equality.
When Ruth was a young girl, her mother encouraged her to read, be independent, and stand up for what she thought was right. Ruth graduated first in her class at Cornell University and tied for top of her graduating class at Columbia Law School. But she faced prejudice as both a woman and a Jew, making it difficult to get a job. Ruth eventually found work as a law cl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781484747179 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1484747178 |
| Author: | Doreen Rappaport, Eric Velasquez |
| Publisher: | Hyperion |
| Imprint: | Hyperion |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 14 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 503g |
| Dimensions: | 286mm x 266mm |
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Critics Review
“Striking.” – Booklist
An ALSC Notable Children’s Book
A RISE List Top Ten of the Year
A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
“Velasquez’s arresting jacket portrait of Ginsburg, superimposed on a facsimile of the U.S. Constitution, conveys a woman of purpose; Rappaport’s biography, largely focused on Ginsburg’s work for gender equality, reinforces this first impression.”–Horn Book
”[A] well-researched picture book biography.”
–Publishers Weekly
“Insightful and fascinating.”
–Kirkus Reviews
“Striking.”
–Booklist
About The Author
Doreen Rappaport
Doreen Rappaport’s nonfiction and historical fiction books have been acclaimed for their meticulous research and varied literary styles. She is the recipient of the Washington Post Children’s Book Guild lifetime achievement award for the writing of nonfiction. Among her many award-winning biographies are Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier, a Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, Orbis Pictus Honor Book, and a Jane Addams Children’s Book Award winner; and Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, the Library of Virginia’s Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award winner, a CCBC Best Book of the Year, and an IRA Teachers’ Choice. Doreen lives in upstate New York.
Eric Velasquez was born in Spanish Harlem and grew up in Harlem. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and has been illustrating for over 30 years. He has illustrated over 30 children’s books; his first picturebook, The Piano Man by Debbie Chocolate, won the Coretta-Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent. In 2010, Eric was awarded an NAACP Image award for his work in Our Children Can Soar, which he collaborated on with 12 notable illustrators of children’s literature. Eric also wrote and illustrated Grandma’s Records and its follow-up Grandma’s Gift, which won the 2011 Pura Belpre Award for illustration and was nominated for a 2011 NAACP Image Award. His latest book, Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford, won the 2018 Walter Award and Golden Kite Award and was an International Latino Book Award Honorable Mention. Eric lives and works in New York, where he teaches book illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
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