They are standing side by side on an auction block. “Lillian sees her great-great-grandparents Elijah and Sarah. As the fictional Lillian trudges uphill, she reflects on her ancestors and the long and difficult history that led to her ability to vote on this day. But her arduous climb also serves as an effective metaphor for the struggle for equal voting rights. The steep hill is a nod to the neighborhood where the real Lillian walked door-to-door urging neighbors to vote. It’s Voting Day, she’s an American, and by God, she is going to vote. “A very old woman stands at the bottom of a very steep hill. Evans pulled it off in Lillian’s Right to Vote, a beautiful new book published to coincide with the 50 th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Īs Winter explains in the Author’s Note, the story was inspired by Lillian Allen-the granddaughter of a slave-who was 100 years old in 2008 when she campaigned and voted for Barack Obama. I’m just looking at how Jonah Winter and Shane W. (4) Illustrate it with vivid, powerful images. (2) Tell it in a clear and distinctive voice How do you take something unwieldy, complex, and often painful to look at-like, say, the history of voting rights in America-and turn it into a picture book that is engaging, relatable, and understandable to kids?
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