Freedom on the Menu

The Greensboro Sit-Ins

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Paperback
$8.99 US
10"W x 9"H x 0.14"D   | 5 oz | 100 per carton
On sale Dec 27, 2007 | 32 Pages | 978-0-14-240894-0
Age 4-8 years
Reading Level: Lexile AD660L
There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie’s town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.
Carole Boston Weatherford lives in High Point, North Carolina. View titles by Carole Boston Weatherford
Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue View titles by Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue
Simple and straightforward, the first-person narrative relates events within the context of one close-knit family. (Booklist)

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There were signs all throughout town telling eight-year-old Connie where she could and could not go. But when Connie sees four young men take a stand for equal rights at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, she realizes that things may soon change. This event sparks a movement throughout her town and region. And while Connie is too young to march or give a speech, she helps her brother and sister make signs for the cause. Changes are coming to Connie’s town, but Connie just wants to sit at the lunch counter and eat a banana split like everyone else.

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Carole Boston Weatherford lives in High Point, North Carolina. View titles by Carole Boston Weatherford
Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue View titles by Jerome Lagarrigue Lagarrigue

Praise

Simple and straightforward, the first-person narrative relates events within the context of one close-knit family. (Booklist)