Picture Book 18

Title: Remember; The Journey to School Integration
Author: Toni Morrison
Illustrator: N/A
Award: Coretta Scott King
Readability Score: 5.7
Theme: Together we can do and change anything
Genre: History
Sub Genre: Historical Non-Fiction
Publishing Date: 2004
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0-618-39740-x
Summary: This is a wonderful book about the trials and tribulations of the time of intergration in the school systems (mostly). It gives actual photographs from back in that age. There are the thoughts of what the people in the picture might be saying, however they are not the actual words of the photographed indiviual. The book begins with the history behind segration and how separate but equal began to come into play. At the end of the book it gives accounts of where each picture came from. The book also gives a timeline of segregation to intergration- and everything in between.
How Would Use: This book is so good to learn about a big part of the school systems history and history in general. This book should be read in correlation with the teaching of these decades. I think it would also be a good idea to show some of the pages that do not have words- and let the students decide what the indiviuals are thinking- this is a great way to start an indepth conversation.