If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
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From a Caldecott Honor Award and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator comes a bright and offbeat picture book with a unique perspective on the story of Rosa Parks. A young girl named Marcie has a magical bus ride where the bus itself tells her the story of the mother of the Civil Rights Movement, Rosa Parks. Because she was black, Rosa had to walk miles to a one-room schoolhouse while white children could take the bus, and as an adult, Rosa could only sit in the back. But when the day came that Rosa refused to give up her seat, she helped set the wheels in motion for black people to sit where they wanted. Marcie learns all this and more then gets a special surprise at the end of her trip
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/1999
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 10.20h x 12.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780689818929
Age: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35405 / If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/1999 pg. 1747
Publishers Weekly 11/15/1999 pg. 66
New York Times 11/21/1999 pg. 60
Booklist 01/01/2000 pg. 934
School Library Journal 01/01/2000 pg. 126
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 159 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 159 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Essence 12/01/2005 pg. 130
About the Author
Faith Ringgold grew up in Harlem, has a master's degree in education, and has taught art in New York City public schools. Deeply influenced by the Black Power movement, Faith developed an art style based on her African American heritage. She created a series of narrative quilts about the lives of black women, one of which inspired her first picture book, Tar Beach, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award and a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. She went on to publish several more acclaimed picture books, including Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky and My Dream of Martin Luther King. Faith Ringgold divides her time between New Jersey and Southern California.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/01/1999
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 10.20h x 12.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780689818929
Age: Ages 4-8
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.3
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35405 / If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/1999 pg. 1747
Publishers Weekly 11/15/1999 pg. 66
New York Times 11/21/1999 pg. 60
Booklist 01/01/2000 pg. 934
School Library Journal 01/01/2000 pg. 126
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 159 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 159 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Essence 12/01/2005 pg. 130
About the Author
Faith Ringgold grew up in Harlem, has a master's degree in education, and has taught art in New York City public schools. Deeply influenced by the Black Power movement, Faith developed an art style based on her African American heritage. She created a series of narrative quilts about the lives of black women, one of which inspired her first picture book, Tar Beach, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award and a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. She went on to publish several more acclaimed picture books, including Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky and My Dream of Martin Luther King. Faith Ringgold divides her time between New Jersey and Southern California.