{"id":38608,"date":"2024-03-26T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T03:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38608"},"modified":"2024-03-26T23:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T03:08:15","slug":"review-of-viola-desmond-wont-be-budged-by-jody-nyasha-warner-and-richard-rudnicki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38608","title":{"rendered":"Review of Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! by Jody Nyasha Warner and Richard Rudnicki"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Viola Desmond Won\u2019t Be Budged!<\/em><\/p>\n

by Jody Nyasha Warner
\npictures by Richard Rudnicki<\/p>\n

Groundwood Books (Anansi Press), 2020. First published in 2010.
\nReview written November 9, 2020, from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve all heard of Rosa Parks. This picture book tells the story of Viola Desmond, an African Canadian who protested the segregation of a movie theater in Toronto in 1946.<\/p>\n

The story is presented simply in a way that\u2019s easy to understand. There\u2019s a little bit of drama added to the story as they start off by telling us she\u2019s brave and then tell about her car breaking down on the way home. It was going to take hours to fix, so she decided to see a movie.<\/p>\n

At first, she was told politely to move. But they ended up bringing in the police.<\/p>\n

But I told you Viola was brave, didn\u2019t I?<\/p>\n

She wouldn\u2019t budge one inch because she knew this seating rule wasn\u2019t fair to black folks. It was just plain wrong.<\/p>\n

So the manager and the policeman dragged her out of the theater in a real rough way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Viola didn\u2019t even win her court case. The court refused to face it as a segregation issue and accused her of not paying the right price for the ticket.<\/p>\n

Still, Viola\u2019s bravery made a big difference.<\/p>\n

She inspired all kinds of people to fight against segregation, and by the late 1950s it was made against the law.<\/p>\n

So come on and join me in saying thank you to Viola Desmond, a real hero, who sat down for her rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The book has bright, colorful pictures, making attractive to young children a story about making the world more fair.<\/p>\n

groundwoodbooks.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n

*Note* To try to catch up on posting reviews, I\u2019m posting the oldest reviews I\u2019ve written on my blog without making a page on my main website. They\u2019re still good books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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