Rosa

1. Nikki Giovanni
2. Rosa
3. Bryan Collier
4. biography
5. none
6. informational
7. primary-Rosa Parks, secondary- women of the women's political council, Supreme Court, Martin Luther King Jr.
8. 2006 winner of the Coretta Scott King illustrator award and 2006 Caldecott Award winner, 2005
9. Henry Holt and Company

10. This is about a seamstress named Rosa Parks who made history in 1955. Mrs. Parks was a strong person who stood up for her rights during this segregation time. The book goes into details about how Mrs. Parks refuses to give up her free seat (seats for whites or black) to the white people. She was tired of blacks and whites being segregated at the time. She was a firm believer that she could change the way things were being done. Even though it took a while, Mrs. Parks refusal and arrest helped segregation come to an end in 1956.  This book would be a good choice for an African American history lesson or to celebrate black history month in February.