Especially Heroes

By Virginia L. Kroll and Tim Ladwig

People fight hard for ideals like freedom, said Mrs. Brennan, my fourth grade teacher. Sometimes heroes die for the things they believe in. Later that same day, in my religion class at church, Sister... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802852211
• ISBN13: 9780802852212
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

Based on a series of true incidents

Set in the 1960s and based on a series of true incidents, Especially Heroes by Virginia Kroll is a meaningful picture book about the challenges of race relations and the pursuit for true equality, as well as the courage of ordinary people that helped bring a change in attitudes and practices from coast to coast. Warmly illustrated in full color by Tim Ladwig which fully complement an engaging text written at an intermediate level for young people just about ready to progress from picturebooks to children's novels, Especially Heroes is a very highly recommended addition to school and community library collections.