Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other a bout of stage fright

a bout of stage fright threatens a little girl's confidence

Hardcover / Board Book - These prayers for kindness

Together the words and pictures set up a space for creativity as young readers imagine how the story might unravel—and are inspired to pen a ten-word tiny tale of their own

Jennifer Jones

Children’s Book Council’s Children’s Favorites Award

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down Juvenile Fiction / Holidays & Celebrations - Other a bout of stage frightIt was February 1, 1960. They didn't need menus. Their order was simple. A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side. This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement. Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story