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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Pinkney, Andrea Davis.     Subjects     Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Juvenile literature.     Faw, Tybre -- Juvenile literature.     Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Legislators, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Civil rights workers, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Friendship -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pinkney, Andrea Davis.       by title:      Because of you, John...       by call number:      323.1196 P655be     Search the Web     Pinkney, Andrea Davis.     Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Juvenile literature.     Faw, Tybre -- Juvenile literature.     Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.     Legislators, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Civil rights workers, Black -- Juvenile literature.     Friendship -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Because of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Keith Henry Brown. by Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Scholastic Press, c2021. Call #: 323.1196 P655be Subjects Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Juvenile literature.   Faw, Tybre -- Juvenile literature.   Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.   Legislators, Black -- Juvenile literature.   Civil rights workers, Black -- Juvenile literature.   Friendship -- Juvenile literature.   Blacks -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781338759082 1338759086 Edition:  First edition. Description:  1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm. Summary:  When young Tybre Faw discovers Congressman John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for the right to vote -- Tybre is determined to meet him. Tybre's two grandmothers take him on the seven-hour drive to Selma, Alabama,where Lewis invites Tybre to join him in the annual memorial walk across the Bridge. And so begins a most amazing friendship! In rich, poetic language, Andrea Davis Pinkney weaves the true story of a boy with a dream-together with the story of a real-life hero (who himself had a life-altering friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. when he was young!) Keith Henry Brown's deeply affecting paintings bring this inspiring bond between a young activist and an elder Congressman vividly to life. Both John Lewisand Martin Luther King, Jr. have left indelible marks on future generations. Will Tybre be next to carry the mantle? Audience:  Ages 4-8. Scholastic Press. Grades 2-3. Scholastic Press. Other authors:  Brown, Keith Henry. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Children's Black Nonfiction 323.1196 P655be Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Children's Black Nonfiction 323.1196 P655be Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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