Birmingham Sunday (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781590786130)

Jane Addams Children's Honor Book
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of the Year

This nonfiction picture book focuses on Birmingham Sunday, a fateful day and significant part of the Civil Rights movement, and places it in historical context.

Racial bombings were so frequent in Birmingham, Alabama that it became known as "Bombingham." Until September 15, 1963, these attacks had been threatening but not deadly. On that Sunday morning, however, a blast in the 16th Street Baptist Church ripped through the exterior wall and claimed the lives of four girls. The church was the ideal target for segregationists, as it was the rallying place for Birmingham's African American community, Martin Luther King, Jr., using it as his "headquarters" when he was in town to further the cause of desegregation and equal rights. Rather than triggering paralyzing fear, the bombing was the definitive act that guaranteed passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.

Author: Larry Dane Brimner
ISBN-10: 1590786130
ISBN-13: 9781590786130
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.10h x 10.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.2
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135221 / Birmingham Sunday

Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: NAPPA Gold Awards - Winner
Award: Moonbeam Children's Book Award - Silver Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 56
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2010
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 174
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Foreword 04/16/2010