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The Resource Riding to Washington, Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister

Riding to Washington, Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister

Label
Riding to Washington
Title
Riding to Washington
Statement of responsibility
Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister
Creator
Contributor
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"A young white girl rides the bus with her father to the March on Washington in 1963--at which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would give his "I Have a Dream" speech. She comes to see that Dr. King's dream belongs not just to Blacks but to all Americans"--Provided by publisher
Member of
Biography type
contains biographical information
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
265329
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1961-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Swain, Gwenyth
Dewey number
323.1196/073
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • AD650L
  • Decoding demand: 70 (high)
  • Semantic demand: 81 (very high)
  • Syntactic demand: 91 (very high)
  • Structure demand: 87 (very high)
Intended audience source
  • Lexile
  • Lexile
Interest level
  • LG
  • K-2
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 1
  • 4
Reading level
  • 3.8
  • 3.7
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Geister, David
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Series statement
Tales of young Americans series
Study program name
  • Accelerated Reader AR
  • Reading Counts RC
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • King, Martin Luther
  • King, Martin Luther
  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  • Civil rights demonstrations
  • African Americans
  • Civil rights demonstrations
  • Children, White
  • Bus travel
  • African Americans
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Riding to Washington, Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister
Instantiates
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Dimensions
29 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 volume (unpaged)
Isbn
9781585363247
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2007046042
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)181079218
  • (OCoLC)ocm181079218
  • (OCoLC)ocn181079218
Label
Riding to Washington, Gwenyth Swain ; illustrated by David Geister
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Dimensions
29 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 volume (unpaged)
Isbn
9781585363247
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2007046042
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
  • (OCoLC)181079218
  • (OCoLC)ocm181079218
  • (OCoLC)ocn181079218

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