Grandpa stops a war, a Paul Robeson story, Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
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Label
Grandpa stops a war, a Paul Robeson story, Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
Language
eng
resource.biographical
individual biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
610L, Lexile
resource.interestAgeLevel
005-009
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Grandpa stops a war
Oclc number
1054265200
resource.readingGradeLevel
Grades K-3
Responsibility statement
Susan Robeson ; illustrated by Rod Brown
Sub title
a Paul Robeson story
Summary
"Daddy always said it takes a man of peace to stop a war." Based on the true story of Paul Robeson's visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, comes this recollection of his bravery and activism by his granddaughter, Susan Robeson, with her debut book. When Susan was a child her father and grandfather told her family stories over and over. Grandpa Paul was a great man, a singer with a deep and rumbling voice, a man of peace and principle who worried about the safety of the children and families living in countries at war. His songs were always full of emotion, and evoking the African-American spirituals of his own father's childhood, he was able to communicate even with people who didn't speak the same language. Though it was dangerous, Robeson went to Spain and traveled to the front lines of the war (in a Buick!). There, he asked the soldiers to set up speakers facing the fighters on both sides of the battlefield. And then he sang.... "--Provided by publisher
Target audience
juvenile
resource.variantTitle
Paul Robeson story
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Subject
- Biographies
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, African Americans -- Juvenile literature
- Black people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Singers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Actors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Peace -- Juvenile literature
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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- Biographies
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 -- Participation, African Americans -- Juvenile literature
- Black people -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Singers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Political activists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Actors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Peace -- Juvenile literature
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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