Giovanni, Nikki. (2005). Rosa. New York, NY. Henry Holt and Company.
Rosa Parks was a wife and daughter who worked as a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama. While coming home from work one day she takes the bus that is sectioned where whites or blacks could sit as well as free or neutral seating where anyone could sit. She decides to sit down in the neutral section, but before she knows it, the bus driver is yelling at her to get out of the seat. When Rosa refuses to move, she is arrested and taken to jail. Soon the word spreads around the city about her arrest and before long support is gained from the Women's Political Council, the NAACP, churches and even the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. himself. Rosa's decision on the bus that day turned into a boycott, then a national civil rights movement, then a supreme court decision that declared that segregation was wrong. All because one women decided to say no to what she knew was wrong. This is a picture book biography and historical piece of literature. A unique style describes this story of Rosa Parks that does not only give us the "bus scene" but background about Rosa and her family, the people in her community, and a look at her inner thoughts and feelings during this event. Large illustrations that include a combination of painting and collage work help readers to visualize the information that is organized to the side. Although the story itself is factual, the emotions and feelings about this significant time in history help readers to empathize with how it must of felt to live a life so unjust and fight for basic human rights. Although many have documented the event of Rosa Parks on the bus, the lack of documented resources in this book makes me question the accuracy of some of the details. However this story takes us beyond what happened to a women on the bus one day but how one person's actions at any given moment can change the world forever.
For a list of other picture bibliographies like this go to http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-parents-raise-reader/we-people
Rosa Parks was a wife and daughter who worked as a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama. While coming home from work one day she takes the bus that is sectioned where whites or blacks could sit as well as free or neutral seating where anyone could sit. She decides to sit down in the neutral section, but before she knows it, the bus driver is yelling at her to get out of the seat. When Rosa refuses to move, she is arrested and taken to jail. Soon the word spreads around the city about her arrest and before long support is gained from the Women's Political Council, the NAACP, churches and even the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. himself. Rosa's decision on the bus that day turned into a boycott, then a national civil rights movement, then a supreme court decision that declared that segregation was wrong. All because one women decided to say no to what she knew was wrong. This is a picture book biography and historical piece of literature. A unique style describes this story of Rosa Parks that does not only give us the "bus scene" but background about Rosa and her family, the people in her community, and a look at her inner thoughts and feelings during this event. Large illustrations that include a combination of painting and collage work help readers to visualize the information that is organized to the side. Although the story itself is factual, the emotions and feelings about this significant time in history help readers to empathize with how it must of felt to live a life so unjust and fight for basic human rights. Although many have documented the event of Rosa Parks on the bus, the lack of documented resources in this book makes me question the accuracy of some of the details. However this story takes us beyond what happened to a women on the bus one day but how one person's actions at any given moment can change the world forever.
For a list of other picture bibliographies like this go to http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-parents-raise-reader/we-people
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