The Bus Ride that Changed History: The Story of Rosa Parks
Grade 2-4–Published 50 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL, this book retraces the segregation laws and the events surrounding the early stages of the Civil Rights movement. This historical account, illustrated with pen-and-ink and watercolor artwork, has a new twist as it is interspersed with modern-day cartoon characters guiding readers through the events and posing questions via dialogue-balloon conversations. Each new page builds from the previous one in the cumulative fashion similar to This Is the House That Jack Built. If used as a read-aloud, listeners will want to join in on the refrain, which was overturned because one woman was brave. This is an excellent tribute to Parks and to her role in history, told in a child-friendly style.–Tracy Bell, Eastway Elementary School, Durham, NCCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.