Rosa Parks

by Eloise Greenfield

Book Overview

A chapter book biography for early readers about one of the women who sparked the Civil Rights movement, by legendary author Eloise Greenfield and with illustrations by Gil Ashby.

When Rosa Parks was growing up in Montgomery, Alabama, she hated the unfair rules that black people had to live by--like drinking out of special water fountains and riding in the back of the bus. Years later, Rosa Parks changed the lives of African...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064420256
• ISBN13: 9780064420259
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

Changing History--One Woman at a Time

Rosa Parks is black. And for that reason she has to use a separate public restroom, special public drinking fountain, and sit in the back of the public buses. One day she decides she's not going to be treated any differently than white folks. And that's when the city of Montgomery, Alabama, gets the attention of the entire country. It seems all the blacks in Montgomery are going to join her in insisting on equal rights for blacks. What happens is exciting, often filled with hardship, and sometimes dangerous. (A junior biography for primary-intermediate grades)

The Book that inspires Many

The book entitled Rosa Parks written by Eloise Greenfield and illstrated by Gil Ashby really made me understand Rosa for the great woman and leader she is.Its amazing the way Gil Ashby portrays her in the pictures standing proud and it makes me want to be just as strong willed as her. From reading this book in full i realized how everyone can make a differance including me. My mommy is proud that i i feel so strongly about someone who acheived such greatness.