There is substantial information presented, but it is done in a manner easily absorbed by young children. His accomplishments are catalogued with references, amongst others, to aspects of the Canadian Space Programme, including the Canadarm. He was the first Canadian to walk in space and to command the International Space Station.
He learned about machinery, joined the Air Cadets and Armed Forces, flew fighter planes and became a test pilot before going into space three times. His educational and career choices thereafter focused on his desire to become an astronaut. In Meet Chris Hadfield, the second in the series, we identify with a man whose young imagination was captured by the first moonwalk in 1969. Despite the poignancy of her early death, emphasis is given to the continuation of her story through strides made in racial equality, her posthumous pardon and the many honours bestowed upon her. Shown as part of a busy, loving household, a purposeful woman running a beauty salon or a genteel, white-gloved lady behind bars, the essential Viola shines through in the text and rich illustrations.
Although unsuccessful, the case drew attention to the injustice of racial exclusion. Supported by a black-owned newspaper and an association promoting racial equality, Viola seeks justice at a higher court. In 1946, Nova Scotia businesswoman Viola Desmond is unceremoniously dragged from her selected movie seat, unaware it was designated 'whites only.' She is jailed overnight and fined for failing to pay a one-cent tax difference on her ticket-price. Meet Viola Desmond is the first new picture book in the Scholastic Canada Biography series that features lives of prominent Canadians. Non-fiction Picture Book | Chris Hadfield | Astronaut Meet Chris Hadfield (Scholastic Canada Biography) Non-fiction Picture Book | Viola Desmond | Racism Meet Viola Desmond (Scholastic Canada Biography)
2018 Canadian Children's Book Centre 31 May.
MLA style: "Meet Viola Desmond." The Free Library.
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