Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down

It was February 1, 1960.
They didn't need menus. Their order was simple.
A doughnut and coffee, with cream on the side.

This picture book is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the momentous Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in, when four college students staged a peaceful protest that became a defining moment in the struggle for racial equality and the growing civil rights movement.

Andrea Davis Pinkney uses poetic, powerful prose to tell the story of these four young men, who followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s words of peaceful protest and dared to sit at the "whites only" Woolworth's lunch counter. Brian Pinkney embraces a new artistic style, creating expressive paintings filled with emotion that mirror the hope, strength, and determination that fueled the dreams of not only these four young men, but also countless others.

Author: Andrea Davis Pinkney
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/01/2010
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 11.96h x 9.44w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780316070164
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135632 / Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down


Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Land of Enchantment Book Award - Nominee
Award: Children's Book Committee Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Cybils - Finalist


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2010 pg. 50
Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 60
School Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 148
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2010
Multicultural Review 08/01/2010 pg. 63
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001

About the Author
Andrea Davis Pinkney is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than 20 books for children, including Bird in a Box and several collaborations with her husband Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In, Hand in Hand, and Martin & Mahalia. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, NY.

Brian Pinkney has illustrated numerous books for children, including two Caldecott Honor books, and he has written and illustrated several of his own books. Brian has received the Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration and three Coretta Scott King Book Award Honor medals.

Andrea and Brian are a husband-and-wife team who live with their children in New York City.