Cynthia Levinson

Children’s Writer & Presenter

Specializing in Nonfiction

“…riveting, significant work of nonfiction.” The New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

Video, audio, and text material on the Birmingham Children’s March, on the marchers who tell their stories (Audrey, James, Wash, and Arnetta), and on how I wrote the book are posted and increasing weekly. In addition…

  • Enter the portal to We’ve Got a Job.
  • Read the opening of the Prologue.
  • STUDENTS, you can meet the marchers, listen to songs, read primary-source documents, learn how I wrote the book, and more.
  • TEACHERS, you can find Curriculum Guides, Lesson Plans, Discussion Questions, Ideas for Reluctant Readers, primary-source documents, and interviews with me about how I researched and wrote We’ve Got a Job
  • Watch the VIDEO TRAILER written, acted, sung, and marched by Mrs. Armantrout’s fourth-graders at Sommer Elementary in Round Rock, Texas.
  • Read REVIEWS IN BRIEF.
  • Read the FULL REVIEWS, including four STARRED reviews.
  • Read INTERVIEWS with me about researching and writing We’ve Got a Job.
  • See photos from BOOK LAUNCHES with Wash and James.

You can order We’ve Got a Job through Barnes and Noble, an independent bookseller, or Amazon.

News

Children's March Countdown, May 16: 49 years ago this week, black leaders and white leaders in Birmingham argued about how many black employees the white store owners needed to hire--one per store or just one?