Dear Ruby, Hear Our Hearts
by Ruby Bridges and John Jay Cabuay
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- PK-6
- Genre
- Picture Book
Year Published 2024
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Bridges, Ruby--Correspondence--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- African Americans--Civil rights--Juvenile literature
- Self-confidence--Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Civil & Human Rights
- Civil rights movements--United States--Juvenile literature
- Civil rights workers--United States--Juvenile literature
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