![]() ![]() Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books the story is straightforward and Ransome's paintings offer literal support for the text. This engaging picture book demonstrates how the legal right to vote was derailed for many AfricanĪmericans in the mid-twentieth century.Ransome's beautiful, lifelike watercolors show important,Īccurate 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 plainspoken text offers a slice-of-life example of the injustices endured by African Americans during the mid-twentieth-century.īandy and Stein succinctly explore a close family bond, set against historical injustice. This seemingly simple read-aloud to introduce young readers to the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act achieves complexity in its images.Ī visually detailed tale of patience and delayed triumph that highlights an important aspect of history. ![]() 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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