Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker Fantasy & Magic / Action & Adventure / Sports & Recreation - Games • 2006 Notable Social Studies

• 2006 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People List short-listed

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a quiet and sarcastic teen living in drab Bakersfield

• New York Charlotte Award Master List long-listed

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Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker Fantasy & Magic / Action & Adventure / Sports & Recreation - Games • 2006 Notable Social StudiesLearn about the civil rights activist Ella Baker in this inspiring picture book from Sibert Honor winner Patricia Hruby Powell and Caldecott Honor winner R. Gregory Christie. What do you hope to accomplish? asked Ella Bakers granddaddy when she was still a child. Her mother provided the answer: Lift as you climb. Long before the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, Ella Baker worked to lift others up by fighting racial injustice and empowering