March with Marsha

by Katie Hall, Jones V. Veronica (Illustrator)

Overview

Marsha wants to celebrate her birthday at the one place she and her friends can be themselves: the Stonewall Inn. When the police show up and arrest people for being there, Marsha and Sylvia know this isn’t right and decide to do something. Soon five hundred— no, a thousand others join in. Together they stand up for what is right and start a movement that continues to this day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781087856001
Publisher:	Katharine German Hall
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	36
File size:	111 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Katie Hall is an award-winning author and former children's book editor. Katie is excited to use their passion and experience to introduce children to often-overlooked heroes who have lead the way in the fight for equal rights. Some of their previous works include Polar Bears and Penguins: A Compare and Contrast Book (NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book and ILA Children's and Young Adult Award for Primary Nonfiction), Amphibians and Reptiles, and Mammals. Katie lives in South Carolina with their family of humans, dogs, and cats.
As a child, Veronica V. Jones enjoyed reading comic books with her dad; this started a lifelong love of reading stories and creating art. After graduating from college, she pursued a career as an illustrator. Veronica first worked in the tabletop games industry and then started drawing for children in 2010. Since then, she has worked on covers and interiors for middle grade novels as well as picture books for younger children. When not drawing and painting, Veronica keeps very busy with her two kids, taking them to lessons and practices. She is a proud leader of her daughter's Girl Scout troop.