Through my eyes

Resource Information

The work Through my eyes represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.

Label

Through my eyes

Statement of responsibility

Ruby Bridges ; articles and interviews compiled and edited by Margo Lundell

Creator

• Bridges, Ruby

Contributor

• Lundell, Margo
• trueLundell, Margo

Subject

• true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
• African American children -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Juvenile literature | Biography
• trueAfrican American children -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Biography
• African Americans -- Biography
• African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Juvenile literature | Biography
• trueAfrican Americans -- New Orleans, Louisiana -- Biography
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueBiographies -- Identity | Africans and African Americans
• trueBiographies -- Identity | Children and teenagers
• trueBridges, Ruby
• Bridges, Ruby
• trueFirst-grade girls
• trueHistory books -- African Americans | Civil Rights Movement
• trueInnocence (Psychology)
• trueMemories
• Multicultural education -- Juvenile literature
• Multiculturalism
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens
• New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations
• New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
• trueNew Orleans, Louisiana -- Race relations
• truePrejudice -- New Orleans, Louisiana
• trueRacism -- New Orleans, Louisiana
• School integration -- Louisiana | New Orleans
• School integration -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Juvenile literature
• trueSchool integration -- New Orleans, Louisiana
• trueSchools
• trueSix-year-old girls
• trueTeacher-student relationships
• Bridges, Ruby -- Juvenile literature

Genre

• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueBiographies
• trueBiography
• trueHistory books
• Juvenile literature
• trueNarrative nonfiction for kids and teens

Language

eng

Summary

Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Award

• Carter G. Woodson Book Awards: Elementary Level, 2000.
• Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, 2000.
• Jane Addams Book Award for Books for Older Children, 2000.
• NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award, 2000.
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 1999
• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1999
• School Library Journal Best Books, 1999.

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 379.2/63/092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

• 860
• 860L

Intended audience source

• Lexile
• Lexile

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

860

Literary form

non fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Target audience

pre adolescent