Rosa Parks [School & Library Binding]

Eloise Greenfield (Author), Gil Ashby (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

When Rosa Parks was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, she hated the unfair rules that black people had to live by -- like drinking out of special water fountains and riding in the back of the bus. Years later, Rosa Parks changed the lives of African Americans in Montgomery -- and all across America -- with one courageous act.On a December evening in 1956, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested and put in jail. But Rosa Parks fought back, along with many other African Americans. After a long struggle, their heroic efforts launched the modern Civil Rights Movement. How could one quiet, gentle woman have started it all? This is her story.

Notable Children's Trade Book in Social Studies, 1975 (NCSS/CBC)


Winner of the 1974 Carter G. Woodson Award (NCSS)

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About the Author

Eloise Greenfield is a celebrated poet and the author of more than forty books for children, including the Coretta Scott King Award winner Africa Dream; the Coretta Scott King Honor books Mary Mcleod Bethune and Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir, co-written with Lessie Jones Little; and the Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award Book I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs. Ms. Greenfield is the recipient of the Hope S. Dean Award from the Foundation for Children's Literature and the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children for the body of her work, and she has been inducted into the National Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent. "Honey, I Love," the title poem of one of her most wellknown poetry collections, will be illustrated as a picture book in honor of the collection's twenty-fifth anniversary of publication. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• School & Library Binding
• Publisher: San Val (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613141695
• ISBN-13: 978-0613141697
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,947,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Book that inspires Many, May 20, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Rosa Parks (Trophy Chapter Book) (Paperback)

The book entitled Rosa Parks written by Eloise Greenfield and illstrated by Gil Ashby really made me understand Rosa for the great woman and leader she is.Its amazing the way Gil Ashby portrays her in the pictures standing proud and it makes me want to be just as strong willed as her. From reading this book in full i realized how everyone can make a differance including me. My mommy is proud that i i feel so strongly about someone who acheived such greatness.

5.0 out of 5 stars Changing History--One Woman at a Time, December 24, 2008

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This review is from: Rosa Parks (Trophy Chapter Book) (Paperback)

Rosa Parks is black. And for that reason she has to use a separate public restroom, special public drinking fountain, and sit in the back of the public buses. One day she decides she's not going to be treated any differently than white folks. And that's when the city of Montgomery, Alabama, gets the attention of the entire country. It seems all the blacks in Montgomery are going to join her in insisting on equal rights for blacks. What happens is exciting, often filled with hardship, and sometimes dangerous.

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