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Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass
CCBC Review:
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 CenterIllustrated 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