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Some people had rights, while others had none.Why shouldn't they have them, too?Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, get together for tea and conversation. They recount their similar stories fighting to win rights for women and African Americans. The premise of this particular exchange between the two is based on a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York, which shows the two friends having tea.The text by award-winning writer Dean Robbins teaches about the fight for women's and African Americans' rights in an accessible, engaging manner for young children. Two Friends is beautifully illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, the husband-and-wife team whose The Case for Loving received three starred reviews! Two Friends includes back matter with photos of Susan B.
About the Author
Dean Robbins writes nonfiction children's picture books about his heroes, including "Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass" (Scholastic) ; "Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote" (Knopf) ; "Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing" (Knopf) ; "The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean" (Scholastic) ; "Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World" (Farrar Straus Giroux) , "The Fastest Girl on Earth!: Meet Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Driver!" (Knopf) ; "Mambo Mucho Mambo!: The Dance That Crossed Color Lines" (Candlewick) ; and "You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg!" (Scholastic) . His award-winning books have been featured on Public Radio International and praised in The New York Times, USA Today, Smithsonian, and other publications, along with receiving starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews. They've also been chosen for best-of-the-year honors by Smithsonian, Space.com, the Cooperative Children's Book Center, and the Children's Book Council, among others. "Two Friends" was adapted as a short film by Weston Wood Studios. As a journalist, Robbins has contributed to USA Today, The New York Daily News, Space.com, and dozens of other media outlets. He draws on his journalism experience to interview the subjects of his children's books, including Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean and NASA's pioneering computer scientist Margaret Hamilton. Learn more at deanrobbins.net.
