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I am Rosa Parks  Cover Image Book Book

I am Rosa Parks / by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins ; illustrated by Wil Clay.

Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 (Author). Haskins, James, 1941-2005 (Added Author). Clay, Wil. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 059343272X (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780593432723 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 48 pages : colour illustrations, colour map.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1997.
Target Audience Note:
Grades 2-3.
F&P text level O.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 6.99
Subject: Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 > Juvenile literature.
African American women > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers > Alabama > Montgomery > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Civil rights > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation > Alabama > Montgomery > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.) > Biography > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cookstown Branch JE Parks 31681020172649 EASYREAD Available -
Lakeshore Branch JE Parks 31681020172631 EASYREAD In process -

ROSA PARKS was an inspiring American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in launching the Montgomery bus boycott. She died in 2005.
 
 JIM HASKINS was the celebrated author of more than one hundred books, most on topics of African American history and achievement. His works received numerous honors, including the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Carter G. Woodson Award. In 1994, Haskins was the recipient of the Washington Post Children's Book Guild Award for a body of work in nonfiction for young people.

WILL CLAY was a painter, sculptor, and nationally renowned illustrator of children's books who donned a straw hat and overalls or a colorful vest to promote art and reading through animated storytelling at schools. He died in 2011


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