Carlotta's Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History author-DaVaun Sanders her mom’s father

her mom’s father

Much to her chagrin

Maurice Sendak

3 full-page b&w illustrations and numerous smaller b&w illustrations

Carlotta's Special Dress: How a Walk to School Changed Civil Rights History author-DaVaun Sanders her mom’s fatherCarlotta Walls LaNier, the youngest of the Little Rock Nine, shares the true story about a girl, a dress, and the historic fight to attend an all white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Carlotta cant wait to wear her new dress on her first day of school. But when the moment finally arrives, she isnt allowed to go. The year is 1957, and the people of Little Rock, Arkansas, dont want Black students attending an all white school and will do whatever it