If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780689818929)

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

Author: Faith Ringgold
ISBN-10: 0689818920
ISBN-13: 9780689818929
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1999
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 10.20h x 12.00w x 0.50d

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