Free to learn : how Alfredo Lopez fought for the right to go to school / Cynthia Levinson ; illustrated by Mirelle Ortega.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781665904278
- 1665904275
- Lopez, Alfredo, 1967- -- Juvenile literature
- Children of noncitizens -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Children of noncitizens -- Education -- Texas -- Juvenile literature
- Noncitizens -- Education -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Noncitizens -- Education -- Texas -- Juvenile literature
- Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Biography | New | LOPEZ, A. L665 | Available | 33111011351141 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the author of the award-winning The Youngest Marcher comes a picture book about the true story of Alfredo Lopez, an undocumented boy involved in a landmark Supreme Court case that still ensures children's right to education today.
Alfredo Lopez has so many questions before starting second grade! Will his friends be in his class? Will his teacher speak Spanish? But then his parents tell him that he has to stay home, and Alfredo's questions change. Why can't he go to school with the other kids? And why is his family going to the courthouse?
In 1977, the school district of Tyler, Texas, informed parents that, unless they could provide proof of citizenship, they would have to pay for their children to attend public school. Four undocumented families fought back in a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Alfredo was one of the students involved in Plyler v. Doe , which made a difference for children all over the country for years to come.
Includes bibliographical references.
"A picture book about Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court ruling that mandated that public schools educate all US residents, including undocumented ones"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 4 to 8 Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Grades 2-3 Atheneum Books for Young Readers.