![]() Publishers Weekly This engaging picture book demonstrates how the legal right to vote was derailed for many African Americans in the mid-twentieth century.Ransome's beautiful, lifelike watercolors show important, accurate period details, and the faces of onlookers telegraph the prevailing attitudes of the time. Ransome's emotive watercolors strongly convey the grandfather's dignity and Michael's quiet pride as he reaches a milestone that was kept from his forebear. The Horn Book Bandy and Stein succinctly explore a close family bond, set against historical injustice. ![]() School Library Journal The plainspoken text offers a slice-of-life example of the injustices endured by African Americans during the mid-twentieth-century. Kirkus Reviews A visually detailed tale of patience and delayed triumph that highlights an important aspect of history. The New York Times This seemingly simple read-aloud to introduce young readers to the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act achieves complexity in its images. ![]() ![]() Ransome renders the story in warm, realistic watercolors.It's a message so crucial it almost can't be delivered with too much sentiment, and the authors and illustrator of "Granddaddy's Turn" spare none. ![]()
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