{"product_id":"two-friends-susan-b-anthony-and-frederick-douglass-hardcover","title":"Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDean Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSean Qualls\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eSelina Alko\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass chat over tea about their efforts to win rights for women and African Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome people had rights, while others had none.Why shouldn't they have them, too?Two friends, Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, get together for tea and conversation. They recount their similar stories fighting to win rights for women and African Americans. The premise of this particular exchange between the two is based on a statue in their hometown of Rochester, New York, which shows the two friends having tea.The text by award-winning writer Dean Robbins teaches about the fight for women's and African Americans' rights in an accessible, engaging manner for young children. \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends\u003c\/i\u003e is beautifully illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls, the husband-and-wife team whose \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Loving\u003c\/i\u003e received three starred reviews  \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends\u003c\/i\u003e includes back matter with photos of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelina Alko has always been curious about different people and cultures, which stems, in part, from growing up with a Canadian mother and a Turkish father, who spoke seven languages and taught her to paint. Her art brims with optimism, experimentation, and a deep commitment to multiculturalism and human rights. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Loving\u003c\/i\u003e, which she illustrated with her husband, Sean Qualls, and the co-illustrator, also with Sean, of \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends\u003c\/i\u003e by Dean Robbins. She has written and illustrated several other acclaimed picture books, including \u003ci\u003eDaddy Christmas \u0026amp; Hanukkah Mama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eB Is for Brooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her family. Learn more at selinaalko.com. \u003cbr\u003e Sean Qualls finds inspiration everywhere, from old buildings, nature, fairy tales, black memorabilia, and outsider art to cave paintings, African imagery, mythology, music, and his native Brooklyn. He is the co-illustrator, with his wife, Selina Alko, of the celebrated picture books \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends\u003c\/i\u003e by Dean Robbins and \u003ci\u003eThe Case for Loving\u003c\/i\u003e by Selina Alko. Other acclaimed picture books he has illustrated include \u003ci\u003eGiant Steps to Change the World\u003c\/i\u003e by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, \u003ci\u003eLittle Cloud and Lady Wind\u003c\/i\u003e by Toni Morrison and her son Slade, \u003ci\u003eDizzy\u003c\/i\u003e by Jonah Winter, and \u003ci\u003eBefore John Was a Jazz Giant\u003c\/i\u003e by Carole Boston Weatherford, for which he received a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his family. Visit him online at seanqualls.com. \u003cbr\u003e Dean Robbins is a journalist and the author of the children's picture books \u003ci\u003eTwo Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMargaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMiss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote\u003c\/i\u003e. His award-winning books have received starred reviews in \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e and have been praised in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e. Dean grew up idolizing Apollo astronauts and loved working with Alan Bean on \u003ci\u003eThe Astronaut Who Painted the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e. 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