Title: Rosa
Author: Nikki Giovanni
Illustrator: Bryan Collier
Publisher: Scholastic
Year: 2005
Awards/Accolades:
Caldecott Honor
Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrator
Summary:
Tells the story of Rosa Parks's peaceful refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, AL, bus. Includes details of her regular life before the incident and the story of the protests that followed.
Use in Classroom/Library:
Read aloud; discuss civil rights and the dignity of each human being; Since there are sensitive subjects included in the book - lynching of Emmett Till - probably better for middle grades and up.
Curriculum Connections:
Social Studies: Civil Rights movement
Special Features:
Author and Illustrator note on copy write page.
This title is in the Saint Joseph School Library.
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