Outstanding Books of the Month – November 2023
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ at our previous meeting and nominated for our year-end Distinguished List. You can see full reviews of these books and many more in our BayViews blog. Interested in becoming a member? Join, come to our monthly meetings, and hear about these Outstanding books in person!
Picture Book
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Alex Bostic, Lerner/Carolrhoda, November 2023.
Detailed picture book account of the three Black students who integrated McDonough 19 in New Orleans at the same time Ruby Bridges integrated a previously all-white school across town. A luminously illustrated tribute to three overlooked civil rights pioneers.
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