The Other Side

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Call Number: E WOO, Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E WOO	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E WOO	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E WOO	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	Due 05-04-2024
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	Due 05-16-2024
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	Due 05-16-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	Due 05-04-2024
Pittsfield Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Historical / Woodson, Jacqueline	4-week checkout	Due 04-26-2024

Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

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Good message submitted by cbrewster on August 25, 2013, 8:11pm Two girls grow up divided by a fence. Each girl is instructed by her family not to go to the other side. They end up side stepping the rule by sitting on the bench together and in this manner they become close friends. Soon other friends begin to sit on the fence. At the end of the stories, the girls agree that someday the fence will fall down.

A Lovely Book submitted by betsywil on August 12, 2015, 9:13am Both words and pictures are beautiful, combining to tell a powerful story of friendship in spite of obstacles.

Notice how the people's clothing seems to locate the book in time, and how the story itself feels more universal.
And notice how illustrator E.B. Lewis placed both the fence and the gutter relative to the two main characters. (Thank you Lulu Delacre for that observation.)

The Other Side submitted by SBNB on August 24, 2017, 11:21am This is a great book. I highly recommend it.