Fighting with Love by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Fighting with Love by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Five starred reviews!
An ALA Notable Children's Book
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year

The "informative, resounding" (Booklist, starred review), and "inspiring" (The Horn Book, starred review) story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader John Lewis comes to life in this compelling and beautifully told, "excellent" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) nonfiction picture book by the award-winning team Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome.

John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights when he was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a movement that changed the nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy live on.

*"A deeply informative biography of the great civil rights leader, John Lewis, is added to this team’s award-winning bibliographyCareful, lively details will draw readers into Lewis’s story.... A strong biography on John Lewis, this is a highly recommended volume will complement the civil rights shelves as well as collections on Black Americans who worked within and occasionally outside the political establishment but always for the good of the country." -- School Library Journal, (starred review) * 1/19/2024 *
*"A kid-lit powerhouse team delivers a warm tribute to a civil rights icon known for making good trouble. ... Lewis’ life and work will feel immediate and deeply personal to readers. An excellent depiction of a life lived with purpose." -- Kirkus, (starred review) * 11/15/2023 *
*"Ransome’s distinctive illustrations, created with a combination of found, printed, and purchased paper with pencil drawings, perfectly match Cline-Ransome’s telling and dramatically radiate the magnitude of Lewis’s influence." * The Horn Book, (starred review)   *
*"The creators offer a thoroughly contextualized account of the racial segregation Lewis experienced, his work in nonviolent resistance at the Nashville chapter of the NAACP, his involvement with the Freedom Riders, and his famously standing “for everyone who needed someone to stand up for what was right." * Publishers Weekly, (starred review) *
*"An informative, resonating entry point to learn about Lewis and his continuing impact. " * Booklist, (starred review) *

Before She Was Harriet, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, was named a Coretta Scott King Honor Book, was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, and won the Christopher Award. Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Hitting the Stage as the World's First Black-and-White Jazz Band and Just a Lucky So and So: The Life of Louis Armstrong are two of her other books.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781534496620
ISBN 10	1534496629
Title	Fighting with Love
Author	Lesa Cline Ransome
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
Year published	2024-01-09
Number of pages	48
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.