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Also by Robert Coles:

Handing One Another Along, September 2010
Hardcover
The Story of Ruby Bridges, June 2004
Paperback

THE STORY OF RUBY BRIDGES
By: Robert Coles

Scholastic
June 2004
32 pages
ISBN: 0439598443
Paperback
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Childrens

his is the true story of an extraordinary 6-year-old who helped shape history when she became the first African-American sent to first grade in an all white school. This moving book captures the courage of a little girl standing alone in the face of racism."Ford's moving watercolor paintings...capture the...warmth of Ruby's family and community, the immense powers against her, and her shining inner strength.

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