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Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass each had a significant impact on America in their own right, but the two also became friends when they were both living in Rochester, New York, in the mid-1800s. There is a statue in Rochester of the two of them having tea, and Madison author Dean Robbins has imagined what that meeting might have been like and what they might have talked about based on their mutual interest in fighting for civil rights. The text also serves as an introduction to both Anthony and Douglass as people and as change agents in American history. Mixed-media illustrations are at once playfully inventive and historically respectful. ©2016 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Sean Qualls, Selina Alko

Wisconsin author

Dean Robbins lives in Madison.

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7) Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: 19th Century Activism and Resistance African Americans Civil Rights Friendship Girls and Women Historical Fiction
Diversity subject: Black/African

Publisher: Orchard
Publish Year: 2016
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780545399968

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Robbins