She first fell in love with picture books when she was read the Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats as a child. Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. She could not sit down and be served inside by Vanessa Brantley Newton. Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference. Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks was the youngest. Summary: Nine-year-old Audrey Hendricks, inspired by civil rights leaders who visit in her home and preach at her church regularly, decided to stand up against injustice. The Youngest Marcher (eBook) : Levinson, Cynthia : Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you're never too little to make a difference. With the support of her parents and community, Audrey Faye, goes to jail and does her part to to make a difference.Illustrations authentically depict home/family culture, community, and societal/historical issues accuratelyConversational patterns, rules of conduct, nonverbal communication, facial expressions, patterns of group decision making,notions of leadership, problem solving roles in relation to age, sex, class, occupationPick a Stick - Share reasons that people go to jail for good reason(or good people go to jail)Authentic nuanced examples of unspoken cultural rules/norms represented in the text as well as illustrations.Students shout out reasons that people go to jail - teacher records the responses on the whiteboard.Surface culture elements easily identified - food, dress, celebrations, music Audrey Faye Hendricks was a 9 year old … Cynthia Levinson. Since this is a book about a heroic child, why not really put child readers into Audrey’s shoes? Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks … “I want every child to know that I see you.” Vanessa is a lover of music and food. The Youngest Marcher The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, A Young Civil Rights Activist (Book) : Levinson, Cynthia : "Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. NAACP Image Award Nominee; Carter G. Woodson Book Award; ALSC Notable Book and CBC/NCSS Notable Book; ILA Teachers’ Choices; Crystal Kite Award; Julia Ward Howe Award; California Reading Association Silver Eureka Award for Nonfiction; Goodreads Choice Award Finalist ; Comstock Read Aloud Honor Book; A Best Book of 2017 by Bank … Her story is told in a picture book, The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist, by Cynthia …
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist Cynthia Levinson, illus.
Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. The Youngest Marcher book. Sitting around the dinner table, and in the pews of church with her family, Audrey heard her parents talking to leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth about wiping out the unjust laws that kept her from going places and doing things that white children were able to do. The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson Summary: Cynthia Levinson, author of We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March, selected Audrey Faye Hendricks, one of the four original children’s protesters highlighted in the book to tell the story for younger readers.