Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood By Sitting Down

This story of the Greensboro Four – David, Joseph, Frankin, Ezell – and the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-ins by husband-and-wife team Brian Pinkney and Andrea Davis Pinkney is lyrically told and beautifully illustrated. School-aged children will be drawn into this non-fiction title by evocative watercolor illustrations and tasty food metaphors: “Fold in change / Sprinkle with dignity /Bake until golden / Serve immediately.” Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By Sitting Down was the winner of the Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award, the Carter G. Woodson Book Award (Elementary), the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, the Parents’ Choice Gold Award, and was listed among Booklist Book Review Stars, School Library Journal Book Review Stars, New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, and Smithsonian Magazine’s Notable Books for Children.