Winners! BookviewPLUS: Ruth and the Green Book

Author: Calvin Alexander Ramsey with Gwen Strauss

Illustrator: Floyd Cooper

First Published: 2010

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Subjects:

• Africa Americans - African American
• Automobile travel - Automobiles
• Segregation - Multicultural Understanding

Bookbrief: When Ruth and her parents take a motor trip from Chicago to Alabama to visit her grandma, they rely on a pamphlet called "The Negro Motorist Green Book" to find places that will serve them. Includes facts about "The Green Book."

Recommended Grade Group: PreK-Grade 2