FINDING LINCOLN by Ann Malaspina
- Publication Season/Year: Fall 2009
- Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
- Release Date: September 1, 2009
- ISBN (hardcover): TBD
- ISBN (paperback): TBD
Louis needs to find a book about President Lincoln for a class report, but the main library is open to whites only. He searches in the small library in the church basement for African Americans, but he can’t find any books about presidents. His parents tell him to be patient. Some day soon, he’ll be allowed to borrow books from the main library, but Louis refuses to wait.
The Author: Ann Malaspina
Location: Ridgewood, NJ
Ann has written many nonfiction books for young people, some of them about people fighting for their civil rights. After reading about many people, such as US Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, who were not allowed inside their local libraries during the Jim Crow era, she decided to write Finding Lincoln, her first book of fiction.
Author Visit Information
Ann can travel nationally.
Example presentations and workshops
- “The Right to Read: Library Segregation in the Jim Crow Era”
Honorarium and fees
$200 plus lodging if necessary
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