Ron's Big Mission

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Ron's Big Mission was written by Rose Blue and COorinne J. Naden, it was illustrated by Don Tate. Don Tate is an award-winning author, and the illustrator of numerous critically acclaimed books for children. He is also one of the founding hosts of the blog The Brown Bookshelf – a blog designed to push awareness of the myriad of African American voices writing for young readers, with book reviews, author and illustrator interviews. [1]

Summary

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The book tells about a young African-American boy call Ron McNair in in 1959. One summer day he dreams of becoming a pilot, walks into the Lake City, South Carolina, public library and insists on checking out some books, despite the rule that only white people can have library cards. Includes facts about McNair, who grew up to be an astronaut.[2]

Pros

There were many children’s books that deal with the racism that many African-Americans had to face during the 1950s, but this particular book is a big success. “Ron’s Big Mission” was a children’s book by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden and illustrated by Don Tate and it details the big mission that a young boy named Ron must accomplished.

“Ron’s Big Mission” is certainly one brilliant book about the importance of standing up for yourself that many children will love for many years. This book is an excellent book for children that teaches them about history and a life lesson. This book incorporates a realistic story that describes how life was in the 1950. This book through the perspective of a child hints at what segregation was, which gets the children curious and asking question. This book also shows determination and resistance can result in great accomplishments, also the illustrations are really just like the story's plot was lovely.

A deepth explanation was made by an account named Manybooks. It is interesting that a number of Lake City, South Carolina's white citizens, like Mrs. Fielding, for example, seem to be at least somewhat in agreement with Ron that the regulations not allowing African Americans to sign out library books are wrong and discriminatory, but as positive, as caring as this might seem on the surface, Ron still remains determined to obtain his very own library card (as circumventing, working around discriminatory laws and rules might well work as a temporary fix, but will not change the actual regulations against African-American individuals not being allowed to have a library card, which remains in place and enforceable). Ron refusing to budge (even after the police has been called) finally causes Mrs. Scott, the librarian, to walk into her office and fill out a library card for him; the discriminatory regulations not allowing African Americans to sign books out of the library have thus not only been challenged, they have now been successfully challenged.[3]

The aesthetic features of the illustrations in Ron’s Big Mission are authentic to the African American culture and carefully avoid any stereotypes in both the paperback and hardcover formats. Don Tate’s creative use of oil and acrylic paints bring the pages of this children’s book to life and helps readers feel like they are a part of the urban setting where Ron lived. His brilliant use of visual elements, like color, line, space, and perspective empathetically engage the emotions of the reader. Well-crafted images of Ron’s facial expressions help young readers sympathize with his strong emotions when he is nervous as he enters the library and, in the end, when he is ecstatic about being able to take home his very own books.[4]

References

  1. [Ron's Big Mission. PDF. Retrieved February 2nd, 2021
  2. Ron's Big Mission. Retrieved February 2nd, 2021
  3. Ron's Big Mission. goodreads.com. Retrieved February 2nd, 2021
  4. Leonard, Jennifer.Book Review of Ron’s Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden. childrenslitforum.wordpress.com. Retrieved February 2nd, 2021