| Author | Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrations by Floyd Cooper |
| Title | Ruth and the Green Book |
| Publisher | Carolrhoda Books |
| Date of Publication | November 2010 |
| Page Count | 32 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7613-5255-6 |
Ruth and the Green Book is set in the 1950's and tells the story of how Ruth and her parents drive down to Alabama to visit her Grandma. On their way, they experience difficulties because of the so-called Jim Crow laws that upheld a separation between African-Americans and Caucasians.
In their joint effort to bring history to life for kids, Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper created a wonderful picture book about difficulties in the past and how community and "The Negro Motorist Green Book" helped to at least circumvent these problems. Cooper's illustrations are beautiful and transport the reader right back to the 1950's and the story is wonderfully narrated.
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