Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other Together the words and pictures

Together the words and pictures set up a space for creativity as young readers imagine how the story might unravel—and are inspired to pen a ten-word tiny tale of their own

A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective—the story of one man’s bet with history

will see her prospects and her reputation soar

or the air you breathe end up

reminding us where our nation has been

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other Together the words and picturesIt was February 1, 1960. They didn't need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story