Rosa

Giovanni, N. ( 2205). Rosa. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company.

This story about Rosa Park's fight for civil rights in the 1950's gives a fresh new look at Mrs. Park's day that changed the South.  The book starts by telling the reader the personal life of Mrs. Parks, from being a wife and daughter, to her work as a seamstress, to that ride on the bus where she refused to give up her seat.  The story tells of the injustice of segregation that  Mrs. Parks was fed up with.  It also goes on to tell of the community that supported her and their boycott against the bus company.   For over a year, the African Americans of Montgomery walked until finally the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was illegal.  Rosa Parks was a catalyst for change in the South that will not be forgotten.

The information about Rosa's personal life gives the reader a peek at the person, not just the name.  The book tells facts that inform of segregation of the South, but also tells the emotions of Rosa Parks and the entire African American community of Montgomery, Alabama.  The illustrations also portray her quiet determination to make a change and give hope to those in the South.  A must read story about this brave women.