Author: Cynthia Levinson
Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Genre: Non-Fiction (Biography/Autobiography)
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: 3rd - 5th
Summary: Youngest child to be arrested for civil rights, Audrey Faye Hendricks, was a nine year old little girl who lived in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. She knew all about the segregation laws and spoke up about it when hearing the grown-ups talking about wanting to get rid of those laws. When she had heard their plan of filling the jails to protest the unfair laws, she volunteered and said she was going to do it. She was going to jail. After one week, Audrey saw that black people were allowed to walk the streets as equals and was happy when she got embraced by her parents, receiving hot rolls baptized in butter. At the end, the author included a biography about Audrey Faye Hendricks, recipe for hot rolls in butter, and a timeline of the events that happened.
Major Awards: N/A
Age Group: 3rd - 5th
Summary: Youngest child to be arrested for civil rights, Audrey Faye Hendricks, was a nine year old little girl who lived in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. She knew all about the segregation laws and spoke up about it when hearing the grown-ups talking about wanting to get rid of those laws. When she had heard their plan of filling the jails to protest the unfair laws, she volunteered and said she was going to do it. She was going to jail. After one week, Audrey saw that black people were allowed to walk the streets as equals and was happy when she got embraced by her parents, receiving hot rolls baptized in butter. At the end, the author included a biography about Audrey Faye Hendricks, recipe for hot rolls in butter, and a timeline of the events that happened.
Evaluation & Comments:
This book was definitely really informational and a great book for teachers to use in their classroom. I think this has a valuable lesson to the students to stand up for what they believe in. Audrey Faye Hendricks had the courage and confidence out of all the people in the meeting to go to jail for protest. She had to have bravery to not give up after a couple of days of suffering in jail. This shows the students that if they really believe in something, they should be like Audrey Faye Hendricks.
For an activity, it would be fun for students to think of what they would stand up for and draw a small poster with an illustration and description of what it would be about. Have students think about if they would do what Audrey Faye Hendricks did and have a discussion as a whole class.
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