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Lerner Publishing Group

Ruth and the Green Book

Author/Illustrator: Gwen Strauss, Calvin Alexander Ramsey, Floyd Cooper
Ages 6-9 and Ages 9-13
Published August 1, 2010
$ 1899 USD
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The picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film The Green BookRuth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that Black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to Black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws . . .

Finally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth's family The Green Book. It listed all of the places that would welcome Black travelers. With this guidebook—and the kindness of strangers—Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma's house in Alabama.

Ruth's story is fiction, but The Green Book and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow are historical fact.

AWARDS

• 2010 ALA Notable Children's Books winner

• 2010 Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year winner

• 2012 Sequoyah Book Award

• 2011 Independent Publisher Book Award winner

• 2011 Illinois Bluestem Award

• 2011 Jefferson Cup Award runner-up

• 2011 Texas Bluebonnet Award long-listed

• 2011 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award commendation

• 2011 Skipping Stones Book Award winner

• 2011 Jane Addams Children's Book Award commendation

• 2011 Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices winner

• 2011 SSLI Book Award winner

• 2010 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children winner

• 2020 Understanding Racism Book List winner

• 2011 Whitney and Scott Cardozo Award for Children's Literature commendation

• 2011 ForeWord INDIES Book of the Year Award commendation

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