Who Was Rosa Parks?

This is the story about Rosa Park's life from growing up, to refusing to give up her seat on a city bus. The story highlights Rosa's role in the Civil Rights Movement and her contribution to the shaping of America from the 1940's through the 1960's.

Overall, I believe this book was good. It told honest and relevant information about Rosa Parks' life as well as some eye opening things to read about. I believe that the illustrations were a great asset to this book. For example, on pages 76-77, there is a drawn illustration of African Americans

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taking part in the Montgomery Bus Boycotting. Many students may not have familiarity with what a "boycott" is, so providing a visual picture for students to imagine the event described definitely helps with developing those types of ideas. I think for the targeted audience, the language appropriateness was fine, for the most part. Some of the information was a little brutal, but at the same time, this WAS the type of world that Rosa was living in during these times. Specifically on page 7, I could tell that the author attempted, in the best way possible, to light-heartedly touch upon the Ku Klux Klan. While this is an important historical group that students should eventually learn about and learn about their wrong doings, I think that incorporating that information wasn't necessarily information that NEEDED to be mentioned. - Especially because the book's targeted age is as young as 7 years old. Rosa Parks was an incredibly courageous woman and fought hard for what she believed in. The main idea of this book I would say is despite the challenges that are put in front of you, listen to your heart to do the right thing and make better with what you can of issues at hand.

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This book is a great children's biography because it teaches children about the touching story of Rosa Parks. It provides black-and-white illustrations throughout to emphasize the segregation that was taking place during this time period. Rosa Parks had a huge impact on American history so it is

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important that children are informed about what she did and why she did it. This story makes it easier for children to understand this heavy topic and the illustrations help the children make connections with how the characters are feeling.

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