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by Katie McCabe (Author), Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator)
A beautiful and uplifting non-fiction picture book from Katie McCabe and trailblazing civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree, We Wait for the Sun.
In the hour before dawn, Dovey Mae and Grandma Rachel step into the cool, damp night on a secret mission: to find the sweetest, ripest blackberries that grow deep in the woods.
Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021
Author Biography
Dovey Johnson Roundtree was an attorney and minister who was one of the first women to be commissioned an Army officer and who helped win a landmark case banning segregation in interstate bus travel. She died in 2018 at the age of 104.
Katie McCabe is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the Washingtonian Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, and Reader's Digest, among others. Her National Magazine Award-winning article on black medical legend Vivien Thomas was the basis for the HBO film Something the Lord Made, winner of three Emmys and a 2005 Peabody award. Raissa Figueroa is a children's book illustrator and overall art lover based out of San Diego, California. She loves taking early morning walks through her neighborhood to greet the sun before it rises with her dog, Ghost, to gather inspiration from the beauty of nature that surrounds us. She is also the illustrator of Sophie and the Little Star, written by Amber Hendricks.
Number of Pages: 40
Dimensions: 0.5 x 11.2 x 8.7 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: February 09, 2021
Award: Coretta Scott King Award (2022)
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: We Wait for the Sun
Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3
Reading Level: 4.3
Point Value: 0.5
