Rosa : (Caldecott Honor Book) (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

from rebecca401

The story of the courage of Rosa Parks is told with simplicity and power. The illustrations are striking. This is a story of a woman who had the courage to say "no". She was tired of taking abuse and tired of being treated like she didn't matter. She stood up for her own rights, and she stood up ...

from Maggie.Goff

The art is so intriguing and the book really goes past just the arrest of Rosa Parks, but the people who rose awareness of her plight and the events that happened because of the stand that she made. This is the perfect book to read during black history month to teach students how very different t...

from kbuttry

This book is about the life of Rosa Parks and what she did to change segregation. It tells of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech and the Brown vs. Board of Education's court case. It states what segregation is and why it is wrong. This book was excellent! It would be great to read to a grou...

from Kate13

Rosa is a fictional picture book. Even though it depicts real events it is still listed as a fictional book. It was written by Nikki Giovanni and was illustrated by Bryan Collier. This book takes place in the town of Montgomery, Alabama in the mid 1950s during times of segregation, when things we...

from mstanley33

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni is a partial biography about the story of Rosa Park's refusal to give her seat on the bus to a white man. Rosa was tired. She was physically tired from work and taking care of her sick mother. She was mentally tired of "colored" entrances, "colored" balconies, "colored" dri...