Call Me Miss Hamilton
One Woman's Case for Equality and Respect
Published on 1. February 2022
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-1-5415-6040-6 (ISBN)
Description
The true story of Civil Rights activist Mary Hamilton, who took her fight for respect all the way to the US Supreme Court--and won
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Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Second Grade to Fifth Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 9 years, Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Picture book
Reinforced binding
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5415-6040-6 (9781541560406)
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Carole Boston Weatherford is the author of numerous award-winning books and the winner of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award. Her picture book BOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom, illustrated by Michele Wood received a Newbery Honor. Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, illustrated by the late Floyd Cooper, was a National Book Award longlist title, won the Coretta Scott King Award for author and illustrator, and received a Caldecott Honor and a Sibert Honor. She is dedicated to writing poetry for children and is the 2025 and 2026 Young People's Poet Laureate. When she's not traveling or visiting museums, Carole is mining the past for family stories, fading traditions, and forgotten struggles. She lives in North Carolina.