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Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Presents correspondence between Rosa Parks and various children in which the "Mother of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" answers questions and encourages young people to reach their highest potential.
3) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Lightbox Learning Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Readers will explore the life and times of historic figures in the History Makers: Past and Present series. Each book features a remarkable individual who has left their mark in history, exploring key life events, influences and inspirations, how they overcame obstacles, and their achievements and successes"--
Author
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When Rosa Parks was a young girl, black children in the South could not go to the same schools as white children. Black people could not even eat in the same restaurants or drink from the same water fountains as white people. Blacks and whites were separated by the law everywhere they went. By the time Rosa grew up, she knew the law was wrong. She was tired of having to stay separate from whites. One day, when a bus driver told her to get out of her...
7) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life and accomplishments of Rosa Parks, as well as her impact on the civil rights movement.
8) Rosa
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The story of Rosa Parks and her courageous act of defiance.
11) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A biography of the black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, led to a bus boycott that helped galvanize the civil rights movement.
12) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
14) I am Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Recounts Rosa Parks' daring effort to stand up for herself and other African Americans by helping to end segregation on public transportation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
No discussion of the Civil Rights Movement is complete without the story of Rosa Parks. But what was this activist like as a child? Following young Rosa from a fishing creek to a one-room schoolhouse, from her wearing homemade clothes to wondering what "white" water tastes like, readers will be inspired by the experiences that shaped one of the most famous African-Americans in history.
19) Rosa Parks
Author
Publisher
Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A brief biography of the African American who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement."
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