Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
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JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION - Celebrate Pride and it’s iconic rainbow flag–a symbol of inclusion and acceptance around the world– with the very first picture book to tell its remarkable and inspiring history! Pride is a beacon of (technicolor) light. –Entertainment Weekly In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today’s world. Award-winning author Rob Sanders’s stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salerno’s evocative images, combine to tell this remarkable - and undertold - story. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.
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Rob Sanders is a writer who teaches and a teacher who writes. Every day he goes to Mintz Elementary School in Brandon, Florida, to teach kids about books and words and reading and writing. Then he heads back home to write books for children. On weekends and holidays, you might find him hanging with his dog, Baxter; spending time at the beach with his great-nieces and -nephews; or talking with other children’s writers. Nothing makes his heart dance more than hearing boys and girls say, “Read it again!”
Steven Salerno has illustrated over twenty popular picture books, including The Fantastic Ferris Wheel: The Story ofInventor George Ferris by Betsy Harvey Kraft, and the forth coming Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates by April JonesPrince (FSG/Fall 2017).He is the author-illustrator of five picture books, too, including Coco the Carrot and Wild Child. His illustrations also appear in advertising, magazines, and product packaging. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, he lives and works in New York City
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780399555312
- Publication Date
- April 10, 2018
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Page Count
- 48
- Words Per Page
- 16
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 9 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2016046632
- Lexile® Level
- 620L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~O
- ATOS® Book Level
- 3.6
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 195120
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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