(2) 4-6 Julius Rosenwald, the wealthy president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, established the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which among its many charitable pursuits most famously built schools: 5,357 for African Americans in fifteen Southern states, helping to create a "new black middle class." Clear writing, abundant archival photographs, and an engaging presentation of history make this a work of hope and inspiration. Websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2014

(3) K-3 Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. During the early twentieth century, Sears, Roebuck and Co. president Julius Rosenwald established a fund to help African Americans build schools. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl, we see one Rosenwald school rise to serve its proud community. Warmth and strength pervade the text (told in one-page chapters set in verse) and art, a distinctive combination of gouache and colored pencil.

Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn