If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus and couldn't sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand up for freedom. In this book a bus does talk, and on her way to school a girl named Marcie learns why Rosa Parks is the mother of the Civil Rights movement. At the end of Marcie's magical ride, she meets Rosa Parks herself at a birthday party with several distinguished guests. Wait until she tells her class about this
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-10
0689856768
ISBN-13
9780689856761
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2450580
Product Key Features
Book Title
If a Bus Could Talk : the Story of Rosa Parks
Author
Faith Ringgold
Illustrator
Ringgold, Faith, Yes
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Biography & Autobiography / Historical, Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists, People & Places / United States / African American, Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism, History / United States / 20th Century, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
32 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Width
11.8 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Lc Classification Number
98-22578
Grade from
Kindergarten
Grade to
Fourth Grade
Copyright Date
1999
Lccn
98-022578
Dewey Decimal
323.1196073092
Dewey Edition
22
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