Rosa

Giovanni, N. (2005).  Rosa.  NY: Holt.

This informational book about the civil rights leader Rosa Parks is one that has not been told before.  We meet Rosa at her kitchen table on that deciding day when she would not give up her seat to a white man on the bus.  This story tells how a well-respected seamstress, Rosa Parks, and her twenty-five women supporters belonging to the Women's Political Council led the charge to change for equality.

Rosa is a beautifully written book about Rosa Parks.  It gives insight into what her day was like before she refused to give up her seat to a white man on the bus.  One can see Giovanni’s passion as she describes Rosa as a woman.  Rosa Parks was a well-respected seamstress, cared for her family, and that night she was planning a nice meatloaf dinner.  Bryan Collier’s illustrations are a perfect complement for Giovanni’s beautifully written story of Parks leading the country in wanting equality.

Lesson Plans:

http://www.learningtogive.org/units/heroes-and-their-impact/rosa-parks