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Larry Dane Brimner was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, and spent his early childhood exploring Alaska's Kodiak Island. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in British Literature from San Diego State University, where he graduated cum laude, and later received advanced degrees in writing and vis mere curriculum development. During his twenty-year teaching career, he began to write for publication. Brimner made his debut in children's books with the publication of BMX Freestyle in 1987. It was named an International Reading Association Children's Choice book for 1988. This title was followed by Country Bear's Good Neighbor, which the American Booksellers Association named their "Pick of the List." Brimner wrote A Migrant Family, which was named a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC); Max and Felix , a nominee for the Kentucky Bluegrass Award; Voices From the Camps, cited as a Best Book for the Teen Age by New York Public Library; Snowboarding, an IRA Children's Choice for 1998; and the Official M&M's® Book of the Millennium, an IRA Children's Choice for 2000. Brimner is the author of more than 110 books for young people. He also speaks to school children about the writing process or to teachers at conferences. In 2014 his title, Strike: The Farm Workers Fight for Their Rights, made the Civil Rights Hot Title's List. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Larry Dane Brimner

Cats! (Rookie Readers Level A) (2000) 117 eksemplarer
Firehouse Sal (Rookie Readers) (1996) 104 eksemplarer
Birmingham Sunday (2010) 99 eksemplarer
A Flag for All (Rookie Choices) (2002) 87 eksemplarer
Dinosaurs Dance (Rookie Readers) (1998) 75 eksemplarer
Max and Felix (1993) 64 eksemplarer
Cowboy Up! (Rookie Readers) (1999) 63 eksemplarer
Merry Christmas, Old Armadillo (1995) 60 eksemplarer
If Dogs Had Wings (1996) 43 eksemplarer
Unsinkable! (Rookie Choices) (2002) 38 eksemplarer
The New Kid (Rookie Choices) (2003) 37 eksemplarer
The Littlest Wolf (2002) 37 eksemplarer
Caves (True Books: Earth Science) (2000) 36 eksemplarer
The Long Way Home (Rookie Readers) (2000) 36 eksemplarer
School Rules (Rookie Choices) (2002) 34 eksemplarer
Earth (True Books: Space) (1998) 33 eksemplarer
The Messy Lot (Rookie Choices) (2001) 31 eksemplarer
Raindrops (Rookie Readers) (1999) 31 eksemplarer
A Bit Is a Bite (Rookie Readers) (2007) 30 eksemplarer
Money Trouble (Rookie Choices) (2001) 30 eksemplarer
The Pet Show (Rookie Choices) (2002) 30 eksemplarer
Jupiter (True Books: Space) (1999) 29 eksemplarer
Aggie and Will (Rookie Readers) (1998) 27 eksemplarer
The Noodle Game (Rookie Choices) (2001) 27 eksemplarer
Venus (True Books: Space) (1998) 26 eksemplarer
Mars (True Books: Space) (1998) 25 eksemplarer
Saturn (True Books: Space) (1999) 24 eksemplarer
Uranus (True Books: Space) (1999) 24 eksemplarer
Country Bear's Good Neighbor (1988) 22 eksemplarer
Neptune (True Books: Space) (1999) 21 eksemplarer
The Sparkle Thing (Rookie Choices) (2001) 21 eksemplarer
Trash Trouble (Rookie Choices) (2003) 20 eksemplarer
Speed Skating (True Books: Sports) (1813) 20 eksemplarer
Flies (True Books: Animals) (1999) 18 eksemplarer
Trick or Treat, Old Armadillo (2010) 17 eksemplarer
E-Mail (True Books: Computers) (1997) 17 eksemplarer
Skiing (True Books: Sports) (1997) 17 eksemplarer
Monkey Math (Rookie Readers) (2006) 17 eksemplarer
Bees (True Books: Animals) (1999) 16 eksemplarer
Mercury (True Books: Space) (1998) 16 eksemplarer
Pluto (True Books: Space) (1999) 16 eksemplarer
Angel Island (2001) 14 eksemplarer
Elliot Fry's Good-Bye (1994) 13 eksemplarer
Summer Fun (Rookie Choices) (2003) 12 eksemplarer
A Migrant Family (In My Shoes) (1992) 12 eksemplarer
The Cool Coats (Rookie Choices) (2003) 12 eksemplarer
Lightning Liz (Rookie Readers) (1656) 10 eksemplarer
Cat on Wheels (2000) 9 eksemplarer
Rock climbing (1997) 8 eksemplarer
The Promise (Rookie Choices) (2002) 8 eksemplarer
Country Bear's Surprise (1991) 7 eksemplarer
Cockroaches (True Books: Animals) (1999) 7 eksemplarer
Max's math machine (2005) 7 eksemplarer
Rolling... In-Line! (First Book) (1994) 7 eksemplarer
Country Bear's Neighbour (1988) 4 eksemplarer
Karate (First Book Series) (1988) 4 eksemplarer
The Big Tee Ball Game 2 eksemplarer
Le chien à garde partagée (2004) 2 eksemplarer
Noodle Game, The 1 eksemplar
Money Trouble 1 eksemplar
The Pet Show 1 eksemplar
Footbagging (1988) 1 eksemplar
Cowboy 1 eksemplar
Noodle Game (Rookie Choices) (2001) 1 eksemplar
Manteau cool (2004) 1 eksemplar
BMX freestyle (1987) 1 eksemplar
Unsinkable! 1 eksemplar

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Florida, USA
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Colorado, USA
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Very powerful. I really enjoyed this book though it punched me in the gut repeatedly. Very inspiring, sometimes I feel like we are just not on the same level of protesting as our ancestors were. We are changing our facebook filters and lobbing angry tweets while they were being arrested, beaten up and risking their lives (without ever getting violent, btw) for the rights we enjoy today. This shouldn't be controversial but F*ck the KKK and F*ck racists. While we're at it, F*ck Nazis too! Since that is necessary in 2019. Jeez. I wish I could see how books like this depict the 2000s in a hundred years.

It's crazy to realize this happened barely 59 years ago. A short enough time ago for the horrible animals (Racists, KKK) to not only still be alive but to have passed on their sick beliefs to their children. (Peep the photo of the kids in the KKK outfits about 50% of the way through the book). There were cops, fbi agents, politicians, etc in this book harassing these protesters and watching the KKK set their bus on fire and beat them to a pulp! How easy we forget that the people sworn to protect, govern and lead us can be some of the most corrupt, angry and abusive. Their horrible beliefs and ideas didn't go away just because they clocked into work nor because of the law changing. To think that still can't be an issue 50 years later is laughable.

Obviously, this book, though short, gave me a lot of feelings and I thank it for that. I would suggest this book to EVERYONE. Even if you usually get bored reading about history, trust me, this book will keep you engaged.
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cozygaminglibrarian | 13 andre anmeldelser | Dec 14, 2023 |
Has dates and summary of Supreme Court rulings like Brown vs. Board of Education

Has timeline of the peoples movements through the south and what they are doing. So one thing they are doing is with the Jim Crow law they still have whites only restroom and blacks only restroom, but the black people went into the whites only bathroom and sat in the whites only part of a diner, and the whites did the same thing in the blacks only section.
 
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READ.01 | 13 andre anmeldelser | Mar 9, 2023 |
Note: I received a finished hardcover copy from the publisher through the GoodReads First Reads program.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book from the publisher through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Værker
147
Medlemmer
3,342
Popularitet
#7,644
Vurdering
3.9
Anmeldelser
70
ISBN
424
Sprog
2

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