By: Rose Blue and Corinne Naden
Illustrated By: Don Tate
Read by: Alfred Turner, South Carolina Public Radio
Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage—it is a young man's first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
By: Rose Blue and Corinne Naden
Illustrated By: Don Tate
Read by: Alfred Turner, South Carolina Public Radio
Nine-year-old Ron loves going to the Lake City Public Library to look through all the books on airplanes and flight. Today, Ron is ready to take out books by himself. But in the segregated world of South Carolina in the 1950s, Ron's obtaining his own library card is not just a small rite of passage—it is a young man's first courageous mission. Here is an inspiring story, based on Ron McNair's life, of how a little boy, future scientist, and Challenger astronaut desegregated his library through peaceful resistance.
Standards
- 2-LDC-8m Engage in reading behaviors independently with increased focus for longer periods of time.
- 2-LDC-10p Use informational texts and other media to learn about the world, and infer from illustrations, ask questions and talk about the information.
- 2-LDC-8o Listen to and discuss increasingly complex storybooks, information books, and poetry.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy andexpression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
- ELA.F.4: Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
- ELA.F.4 Read and reread grade-appropriate texts with accuracy and expression at an appropriate rate to support comprehension.
- ELA.AOR.1 Evaluate and critique key literary elements that enhance and deepen meaning within and across texts.
