If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks (Paperback, 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed)

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

General

Imprint:	Aladdin Paperbacks
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Faith Ringgold
Dimensions:	254 x 298 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	32
Edition:	1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-689-85676-1
Categories:	Books > Children's & Educational > Social studies > General Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal, health & social education (PHSE) > Citizenship Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	0-689-85676-8
Barcode:	9780689856761

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