Especially Heroes: by Virginia Krol

Author: Virginia Krol

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"People fight hard for ideals like freedom," said Mrs. Brennan, my fourth grade teacher. "Sometimes heroes die for the things they believe in."

Later that same day, in my religion class at church, Sister Agnes Marie talked about martyrs and asked us, "Do you love anything so much that you would die for it?" I was so glad she didn't make us answer, but I kept wondering about that question.

Author Virginia Kroll wrote Especially Heroes based on a series of incidents, all true, that had an enormous impact on her when she was a child and that continues to affect her to this day. In the story, a young girl learns firsthand from her parents and neighbors that ideals must be lived out, not just talked about, and that living out ideals sometimes involves facing danger.

Set in the early 1960s, Especially Heroes gives an authentic glimpse of some of the challenges of race relations during that era of the civil rights movement in the United States. In Especially Heroes, Virginia Kroll's powerful childhood memories are brought to life by illustrator Tim Ladwig's unique perspective on an ordinary neighborhood of that time and the heroism of everyday people who responded with courage and caring when confronted with acts of hatred.

Tim Ladwig (illustrator)

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.39" H x 12.14" L x 8.44" W (0.95 lbs) 32 pages
Carton Quantity: 40
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
US SRP: $ 16.00 US
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: January 2003

CPC Categories:
- Youth & Children | Children | Children's Fiction-Christian_ **

- Children's Book | Age 08 and Up
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Issues | Prejudice & Racism
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
LC Subjects:
- Heroes - Juvenile fiction
- Racism
Themes:
Chronological Period | 1950-1999
Chronological Period | 1960's
Chronological Period | 20th Century
Ethnic Orientation | African-American
Religious Orientation | Christian
Theometrics | Secular

Virginia Kroll is the author of many award-winning
books for children, including Masai and I
(Four Winds Press), Pink Paper Swans (Eerdmans), A
Carp for Kmiko (Charles-bridge)
and Girl, You're Amazing (Albert
White-man).
“In Especially Heroes I wanted
to show that race relations are
lived, not taught, and that sometimes
it can be dangerous to
uphold ideals,” says Virginia. “The
story is composed of a series of
incidents—all true—that had an enormous impact on
my life.”
Virginia Kroll lives in Hamburg, New York.

Tim Ladwig has illustrated many exceptional children’s
books, including When Daddy Prays by
Nikki Grimes, What Does the Sky Say? by Nancy
White Carlstrom, Psalm
Twenty-three, and The
Lo rd’s Pray e r ( a l l
Eerdmans).
“I took on this book because
of its message,” says Tim. “It is
true that ‘everyday’ people are
shown to be heroes by events that
are thrust upon them.We may be
surprised, and yet we see that there was, all along, a
strength and purpose to their character.”
Tim's challege in illustrating this book was to place
the visual story in a 1962 neighborhood. He conducted
research to find what hairstyles, furniture, and clothing
were popular at that time.
Tim Ladwig lives with his family in Wichita, Kansas.

Especially Heroes: by Virginia Krol Author: Virginia Krol
	Item#	Type	Price
	0802852211	Hardcover	11.95
Author Virginia Kroll wrote Especially Heroes based on a series of incidents, all true, that had an enormous impact on her when she was a child and that continues to affect her to this day.

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