{"product_id":"separate-is-never-equal-9781419710544","title":"Separate Is Never Equal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSeven years before \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e, the Mendez family fought to end segregation in California schools. Discover their incredible story in \u003ci\u003eSeparate Is Never Equal\u003c\/i\u003e, a picture book from award-winning creator Duncan Tonatiuh.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Addams Children’s Book Award Winner * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book * \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTARRED REVIEW *“Masterfully combines text and folk-inspired art to add an important piece to the mosaic of U.S. civil rights history.” ―\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When her family moved to the town of Westminster, California, young Sylvia Mendez was excited about enrolling in her neighborhood school. But she and her brothers were turned away and told they had to attend the Mexican school instead. Sylvia could not understand why—she was an American citizen who spoke perfect English. Why were the chi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e** STARRED REVIEW** \"Tonatiuh masterfully combines text and folk-inspired art to add an important piece to the mosaic of U.S. civil rights history.\" * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e** STARRED REVIEW**  “Younger children will be outraged by the injustice of the Mendez family story but pleased by its successful resolution. Older children will understand the importance of the 1947 ruling that desegregated California schools, paving the way for Brown v. Board of Education seven years later.” * School Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eTonatiuh (Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote) offers an illuminating account of a family’s hard-fought legal battle to desegregate California schools in the years before Brown v. Board of Education. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003ePura Belpré Award–winning Tonatiuh makes excellent use of picture-book storytelling to bring attention to the 1947 California ruling against public-school segregation. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eThe straightforward narrative is well matched with the illustrations in Tonatiuh’s signature style, their two-dimensional perspective reminiscent of the Mixtec codex but collaged with paper, wood, cloth, brick, and (Photoshopped) hair to provide textural variation. This story deserves to be more widely known, and now, thanks to this book, it will be. * The Horn Book Magazine *\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866874130775,"sku":"9781419710544","price":18.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/separate-is-never-equal-9781419710544","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}