Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book
Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book
4.5/5
Goodreads

Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Written by Keila V. Dawson & illustrated by Alleanna Harris
Hardcover
$19.99
$18.59
4 - 8
Reading age
40
Page count
Jan 26, 2021
Publication date

Buy from other retailers

AmazonBookshop

What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

Hungry? Check the Green Book. Tired? Check the Green Book. Sick? Check the Green Book. In the late 1930s when segregation was legal and Black Americans couldn’t visit every establishment or travel everywhere they wanted to safely, a New Yorker named Victor Hugo Green decided to do something about it. Green wrote and published a guide that listed places where his fellow Black Americans could be safe in New York City. The guide sold like hot cakes! Soon customers started asking Green to make a guide to help them travel and vacation safely across the nation too. With the help of his mail carrier co-workers and the African American business community, Green’s guide allowed millions of African Americans to travel safely and enjoy traveling across the nation. In the first picture book about the creation and distribution of The Green Book, author Keila Dawson and illustrator Alleanna Harris tell the story of the man behind it and how this travel guide opened the road for a safer, more equitable America.

What Kind of Book is Opening the Road: Victor Hugo Green and His Green Book

Primarily about

African Americanssegregationtravel

Reviews

    Book Lists That Include This Book

    The Creatives Behind the Book

    What Has Alleanna Harris Said About This Book

    Nothing yet! Let Alleanna Harris know that you want to hear from them about their book.

    What Has Keila V. Dawson Said About This Book

    Nothing yet! Let Keila V. Dawson know that you want to hear from them about their book.

    More Books From These Creatives

      picture • 40 Pages
      Making Their Voices Heard: The Inspiring Friendship of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
      Vivian Kirkfield, Alleanna Harris
      picture • 32 Pages
      The Day Abuelo Got Lost
      Diane De Anda, Alleanna Harris
      View more

    Other Books You Might Enjoy If You Liked This Book

      picture • 32 Pages
      I Have a Dream
      6.1
      Kadir Nelson
      picture • 32 Pages
      Grandmama's Pride
      5.5
      Becky Birtha, Colin Bootman
      picture • 48 Pages
      A Place to Land
      Barry Wittenstein, Jerry Pinkney
      picture • 32 Pages
      Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama
      Hester Bass, E.B. Lewis
      picture • 36 Pages
      Someday is Now: Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City Sit-ins
      Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Jade Johnson
      picture • 40 Pages
      Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song
      Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
      picture • 40 Pages
      Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
      5.3
      Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier
      picture • 40 Pages
      Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation
      Duncan Tonatiuh
      picture • 40 Pages
      Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968
      Alice Faye Duncan, R Gregory Christie
      picture • 40 Pages
      Be a King
      Carole Boston Weatherford, James Ransome

    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781506467917
    Publication Date
    January 26, 2021
    Publisher
    Beaming Books
    Page Count
    40
    Audience
    Picture
    Reading Age
    4 - 8 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2020029836
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    1164818592

    Contribute to this page

    Core Score - 80%

    This page is starting to look fantastic!

    Depth Score - 15%

    Just the barebones.

    Improve this page

    Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.

    Top Contributors
    01
    @laurarenauld
    30

    Bookroo

    Book Clubs

    Follow Bookroo