Saturday, May 29, 2010

Busing Brewster by Richard Michelson


Michelson, Richard Busing Brewster Illustrated by R.G. Roth 32 pgs. Knopf Books for Young Readers 2010. $16.99. PICTURE BOOK Brewster is getting ready to start first grade. He is nervous because he hears that the teacher is mean. His mom is able to get him and his brother into an all white school called Central. This upsets Brewster even more. Now he will have to get up early to ride the bus. When the bus pulls up, a rock shatters the window, people are protesting outside. He quickly learns that he can't drink from the same drinking fountain, and is taken into detention. There he becomes friends with "freckle face," and realizes that Central won't be so bad after all. EL - ESSENTIAL. Anna Mattheus, Elementary Teacher.

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