{"product_id":"how-do-you-spell-unfair-macnolia-cox-and-the-national-spelling-bee-hardcover","title":"How Do You Spell Unfair?: Macnolia Cox and the National Spelling Bee - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrank Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a multi-award-winning pair comes a deeply affecting portrait of determination against discrimination: the story of young spelling champion MacNolia Cox.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacNolia Cox was no ordinary kid.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHer idea of fun was reading the dictionary. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1936, eighth grader MacNolia Cox became the first African American to win the Akron, Ohio, spelling bee. And with that win, she was asked to compete at the prestigious National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, where she and a girl from New Jersey were the first African Americans invited since its founding. She left her home state a celebrity--right up there with Ohio's own Joe Louis and Jesse Owens--with a military band and a crowd of thousands to see her off at the station. But celebration turned to chill when the train crossed the state line into Maryland, where segregation was the law of the land. Prejudice and discrimination ruled--on the train, in the hotel, and, sadly, at the spelling bee itself. With a brief epilogue recounting MacNolia's further history, \u003ci\u003eHow Do You Spell \u003c\/i\u003eUnfair\u003ci\u003e?\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of her groundbreaking achievement magnificently told by award-winning creators and frequent picture-book collaborators Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarole Boston Weatherford, \u003c\/b\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author and poet, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas named the 2019 \u003ci\u003eWashington Post-\u003c\/i\u003eChildren's Book Guild Nonfiction Award winner. Her numerous books for children include the Coretta Scott King Author Award winner \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Floyd Cooper; the Caldecott Honor Books \u003ci\u003eMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and \u003ci\u003eVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Ekua Holmes, which was also a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eSchomburg: The Man Who Built a Library\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Eric Velasquez; and the Newbery Honor Book \u003ci\u003eBOX: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eillustrated by Michele Wood. Carole Boston Weatherford lives in North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrank Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e has won numerous awards for his picture book illustration, including two Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. He previously collaborated with Carole Boston Weatherford on\u003ci\u003e Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eR-E-S-P-E-C-T: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAretha Franklin, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe Queen of Soul\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHow Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop\u003c\/i\u003e. Frank Morrison lives outside Atlanta.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 11.1 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760897130784,"sku":"9781536215540","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/740e16c5b255c95fe308a4593745c3d9.webp?v=1780193525","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-do-you-spell-unfair-macnolia-cox-and-the-national-spelling-bee-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}