Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

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The story of a groundbreaking civil rights leader, John Lewis, comes to life in this compelling and beautifully told nonfiction picture book.

John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights when he was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a movement that changed the nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy live on.

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Lesa Cline-Ransome is the author of numerousnonfiction and historical fiction titles for picture book, chapter book, middle grade, and young adult readers includingGame Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena WilliamsandThe Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne.Her verse biography of Harriet Tubman,Before She Was Harrietwasnominated for an NAACP Image Award and received a Jane Addams Childrens Book Honor, Christopher Award, and Coretta Scott King Honor for Illustration. Her debut middle grade novel,Finding Langston, won the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction and received the Coretta Scott King Award Author Honor. She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her husband and frequent collaborator, James Ransome, and their family. Visit her at LesaClineRansome.com.

James E. Ransomes highly acclaimed illustrations forBefore She Was Harrietreceived the 2018 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. His other award-winning titles include the Coretta Scott King winnerThe Creation; Coretta Scott King Honor BookUncle Jeds Barbershop;Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt; andLet My People Go, winner of the NAACP Image Award. James is also a recipient of the ALA Childrens Literature Legacy Award.He frequently collaborates with his wife, author Lesa Cline-Ransome, and their books includeGame Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena WilliamsandFighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis. James is a professor and coordinator of the MFA Illustration Graduate Program at Syracuse University. He lives in New Yorks Hudson River Valley region with his family. Visit James at JamesRansome.com.