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Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Viola Desmond
Author
Elizabeth MacLeodIllustrator
Mike Deas
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Meet Viola Desmond, entrepreneur and trailblazer for racial equality in Canada!
On a rainy November day in 1946, Viola decided that she would not give up her seat in the unofficial white section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Viola knew she was being asked to move because she ws black. She was jailed, tried and found guilty of an unfair charge. But Viola and her supporters persisted in their campaign for social justice — all the way to Nova Scotia's Supreme Court.
Because when Viola decided to do something . . . she did it!
This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that help bring the story alive. Historical photos and a timeline support the narrative.
On a rainy November day in 1946, Viola decided that she would not give up her seat in the unofficial white section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Viola knew she was being asked to move because she ws black. She was jailed, tried and found guilty of an unfair charge. But Viola and her supporters persisted in their campaign for social justice — all the way to Nova Scotia's Supreme Court.
Because when Viola decided to do something . . . she did it!
This new picture book biography series features simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustration with speech balloons that help bring the story alive. Historical photos and a timeline support the narrative.
About the Author
Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky are the authors of more than 100 books of non-fiction and fiction for kids. They previously collaborated on A History of Just About Everything and they have won or been nominated for the Red Cedar Information Award, OLA Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Award for Non-Fiction, and the Children’s Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award. Frieda and Elizabeth both live in Toronto, Ontario.
Product Details
ISBN
9781443163873
Language
EPages
32
Book Type
Illustrated NovelFountas & Pinnell
P
DRA
16-18
Grades
1 - 5Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Narrative Nonfiction
Informative Nonfiction
Series
Scholastic Canada BiographyCategory
Book Club
Books
Library Book