Ruth and the Green Book
by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper
Young Ruth is excited to be traveling with her parents from Chicago to Alabama in... read more
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 1,881
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 700L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 138160
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Segregation--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Automobile travel--Fiction
- Segregation
- Southern States
- Southern States--History--20th century--Fiction
- African Americans--Fiction
- Automobile travel
- African Americans
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Images of Community
- Civil Rights Movement
- Race & Racism
- Black History Elementary
- Race, Racism and Resistance
- Civil Rights Teaching
- 4th EL Module 4: Responding to...
- 5th EL Module 1: Stories of Human Rights
- African American Grandparents
- Conversations through Literacy
- Second Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
- Fifth Grade Social Studies 2020-2021
- Black Lives Matter: Black Villages
- Black Lives Matter: Collective Value
- Black Lives Matter: Empathy
- Black Lives Matter: Black Families
- Black Lives Matter: Intergenerational
- Conscious Kid Project - Elementary
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Calvin Alexander Ramsey about Ruth and the Green Book
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Floyd Cooper
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Calvin Alexander Ramsey
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Read Aloud Tips from New Balanced Literacy Schools
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Reader's Theater Script from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2013
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Cherise Boothe
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Awards & Distinctions 4

Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2011

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2011

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2011
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