11 Top cultural books like The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, George Ford

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The Story of Ruby Bridges

By: Robert Coles , George Ford

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't kn…

If you liked the cultural plot in The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles, George Ford , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story by Ruby Bridges

1. Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story

By: Ruby Bridges

4.43

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she change… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Mary Azarian

2. Snowflake Bentley

By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin , Mary Azarian

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Of all the forms of water the tiny six-pointed crystals of ice called snow are incomparably the mo… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
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3. The Name Jar

By: Yangsook Choi

4.14

Format: None pages,

The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, bu… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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4. The Story of Ruby Bridges

By: Robert Coles , George Ford

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

"Please, God, try to forgive those people. Because even if they say those bad things, They don't kn… read more

Similar categories in Robert Coles's The Story of Ruby Bridges book and Robert Coles's The Story of Ruby Bridges

  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american

5. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom

By: Kadir Nelson , Carole Boston Weatherford

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This poetic book is a resounding tribute to Tubman's strength, humility, and devotion. With proper … read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
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6. The Rough-Face Girl

By: Rafe Martin , David Shannon

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

This moving adaptation of the classic children's story Cinderella tells how a disfigured Algonquin … read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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7. A Chair for My Mother

By: Vera B. Williams

4.22

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother and grandmother save their coins to buy a… read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens

8. Thank You, Mr. Falker

By: Patricia Polacco

4.27

Format: 217 pages,

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9. Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By: Bryan Collier , Doreen Rappaport

4.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The Barnes & Noble Review Acclaimed author Doreen Rappaport and Coretta Scott King Award winner Bry… read more

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10. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more

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11. Through My Eyes

By: Ruby Bridges , Margo Lundell

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

In November 1960, all of America watched as a tiny six-year-old black girl, surrounded by federal m… read more

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12. Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Méndez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

By: Duncan Tonatiuh

3.92

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end schoo… read more

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Cover of FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History by Steven Lomazow

13. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

By: Steven Lomazow

4.33

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more

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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"

-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History

Cover of "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski

14. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski

4.31

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more

Similar categories in Paul Spencer Sochaczewski's "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion book and Robert Coles's The Story of Ruby Bridges

  • nonfiction
  • biography
"The “facts"

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."

-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion

Cover of Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection) by Shannon Olsen

15. Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection)

By: Shannon Olsen

4.57

Format: 27 pages, Paperback

Teachers do so much more than just teach academics. They build a sense of community within their cl… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Olsen's Our Class is a Family (The Classroom Community Collection) book and Robert Coles's The Story of Ruby Bridges

  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens
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16. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre

By: Carole Boston Weatherford

4.48

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A look at the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst incidents of racial violence in US history. The… read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

17. Hair Love

By: Matthew A. Cherry

4.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and t… read more

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  • cultural
  • african american
  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle

18. Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln

By: Margarita Engle

4.22

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

The story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.As a little girl,… read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln book and Robert Coles's The Story of Ruby Bridges

  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
Cover of The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

19. The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

By: Rita Lorraine Hubbard

4.60

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was marrie… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
"Mary decided that flying was a lot like reading: they both made a body feel free as a bird."

-Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

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20. I Am Ruby Bridges

By: Ruby Bridges

4.44

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Ruby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 whe… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • nonfiction
  • african american
Cover of Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez

21. Where Are You From?

By: Yamile Saied Méndez

4.38

Format: 32 pages, None

In which a girl who is asked where she's really from turns to her abuelo for the answer. read more

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  • cultural
  • picture books
  • childrens

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Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story

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Snowflake Bentley

Jacqueline Briggs Martin , Mary Azarian

3.76

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The Story of Ruby Bridges

Robert Coles , George Ford

4.20

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Kadir Nelson , Carole Boston Weatherford

3.92

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Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña , Christian Robinson

4.30

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The Name Jar

Yangsook Choi

4.14

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Junot Díaz , Leo Espinosa

3.77

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4.57

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