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Scholastic Announces Multi-Book Publishing Program With Civil Rights Trailblazer Ruby Bridges
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic is proud to announce a new multi-book publishing program with civil rights hero and national treasure Ruby
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic is proud to announce a new multi-book publishing program with civil rights hero and national treasure Ruby Bridges. These three new picture books will serve as Bridges and Scholastic's first collaboration since the 1999 publication of Through My Eyes, Bridges' critically acclaimed and Jane Addams Children's Book Award winning autobiography. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nScholastic is proud to announce three new picture books from civil rights hero and national treasure Ruby Bridges. Says Ellie Berger, President and EVP of Scholastic Trade Publishing: \"Ruby Bridges Day takes place on November 14, 2020 and will mark sixty years since then six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to attend an all-white elementary school. We are honored to commemorate this anniversary by announcing that we are once again teaming up with Ruby Bridges to launch a new publishing program. Ruby Bridges is a civil rights icon and inspiration, and her modern classic Through My Eyes remains a beloved gem on Scholastic's backlist. Each of the three new books are core to Ruby's mission of fighting bigotry, and align with Scholastic's commitment to equality – drawing on the remarkable framework that she has built over the last six decades. These titles will (re)introduce Ruby to kids today and be presented through her singular perspective, promising to serve young readers for generations to come.\"\nKicking off this slate of new publishing in spring 2022 will be I Am Ruby Bridges, a bold and beautifully illustrated book introducing a new generation of readers to this remarkable civil rights pioneer. A companion to Through My Eyes arriving in spring 2023, Dear Ruby Bridges: Letters from Kids Speaking up for a Better World will be comprised of letters from kids that Bridges has received over the years. 2023 will also see the publication of A Talk with My Teacher, based on the relationship between Bridges and Barbara Henry, her first grade teacher.\n\"I am very happy that Scholastic and I are continuing our 25-year journey together,\" Bridges notes. \"In the hundreds of classrooms I have spoken in across this country, I've had the unique opportunity to see how a book can both educate and inspire our youngest minds. I often say that if we are going to make lasting change, it has to come from our youn...