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Rosa's Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights
Author
Illustrator
Steven Walker
Publication Date
January 10, 2017
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction / 4th − 5th
Language
English
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Description
The story of the bus--and the passengers who changed history.
Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front and black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was an ordinary public bus until a woman named Rosa Parks, who had just put in a long day as a seamstress, refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights moment, led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery. From the streets of Montgomery to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum, here is the remarkable story, a recipient of the Crystal Kite Award, of a bus and the passengers who changed history.
Publication date
January 10, 2017
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781629798486
Lexile Measure
710
Publisher
Calkins Creek Books
BISAC categories
JNF018010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JNF053140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
JNF025210 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/20th Century
JNF053140 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
JNF025210 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/20th Century
Library of Congress categories
History
African Americans
Civil rights movements
20th century
Civil rights
Parks, Rosa
Alabama
Montgomery
Segregation in transportation
Montgomery (Ala.)
Race relations
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 195
African Americans
Civil rights movements
20th century
Civil rights
Parks, Rosa
Alabama
Montgomery
Segregation in transportation
Montgomery (Ala.)
Race relations
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 195
School Library Journal
Gr 1-4--Unlike Faith Ringgold's If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks (S & S, 1999), Rosa's Bus is a factual history in picture-book format of Bus #2837 itself and its role in the larger Civil Rights Movement. No fantasy elements are present. The story starts with the bus rolling off the factory assembly line in 1948 and ends with the restored vehicle becoming an exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan. After a few scenes showing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explaining the protest, the empty bus rolls by with walkers shown through its windows. The solid, heavy lines of Walker's oil paintings match the massive quality of the bus. The saturated colors convey strength and determination. Some prior knowledge is assumed because words such as boycott and Jim Crow are not explained in the text. Although there are already several high-quality picture books about Dr. King and Rosa Parks, this distinctive work is an excellent addition.--Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 2010 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. Jo S Kittinger
Jo S. Kittinger is the author of more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama. Steven Walker is an illustrator whose numerous clients include Highlights for Children and the Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Westerville, Virginia.
Young Hoosier Book Award
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Nominee 2014 - 2014
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