Full Product Details
Author: Rachel Kehoe ,
Chelsea Charles ,
Wanda Robson
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Imprint: Orca Book Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.30cm
Weight: 0.358kg
ISBN: 9781459833975
ISBN 10: 145983397
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 12 September 2023
Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
"""This colourfully illustrated biography tells [Desmond's] courageous story with firsthand recollections from her younger sister Wanda Robson...A solid, well-sourced addition to biographies on Black women civil rights leaders."" -- ""Booklist"""
"""[Viola Desmond] inspired black people to keep fighting for their rights in Canada. A great read about this civil rights icon who now appears on the Canadian ten-dollar bill."" -- ""Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLDC)"" ""Informed with the late Wanda Robson's memories of her admired sister Viola, Kehoe writes what will be the go-to biography for this age level for a long time to come...All public libraries and middle schools will want to add this biography to their collections. More than a biography of a social justice activist, it exposes the context of racial discrimination in Nova Scotia and Canada, and it highlights the entrepreneurial success of a trailblazing Black woman and her rich legacy. Highly recommended."" -- ""CM: Canadian Review of Materials"" ""This colourfully illustrated biography tells [Desmond's] courageous story with firsthand recollections from her younger sister Wanda Robson...A solid, well-sourced addition to biographies on Black women civil rights leaders."" -- ""Booklist"""
Author Information
"Rachel Kehoe is an avid reader, traveler and photographer who has lived in Australia, Europe and Hong Kong. She has written for Muse, Faces and Science News for Students. Rachel lives in Burlington, Ontario. Chelsea Charles is an illustrator who resides in Brampton, Ontario, and received her BAA in illustration from Sheridan College. She creates her illustrations through a combination of digital and traditional mediums. The late Wanda Robson was a well-known storyteller, author, community activist and unceasing crusader in seeking justice for her older sister Viola Desmond, who was wrongly arrested in 1946 for sitting in the ""white only"" section of the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010 she published Sister to Courage: Stories from the World of Viola Desmond. Wanda was a longtime resident of North Sydney, Nova Scotia, where she lived with her husband, Joe, until she passed away in 2022."
