A Picture Book of Rosa Parks

Author: David A. Adler

Illustrator: Robert Casilla

Genre: Biography

Grade Level: 3-5

This book outlines the story of Rosa Parks and her courage. Rosa Parks used to work in the cotton fields when she was a young girl and later learned how to read and write. She was an advocate for the Civil Rights Movement and Equality for Everyone.  It shares the story of how she would not get up to give up her seat on a bus for a white person and how she was arrested for it. She won many different awards and is credited to starting the civil rights movement. 

The illustrations are very colorful and depict real life people and go along really well with what the text is saying. The pictures are vibrant and really add a lot of interest to the book making it appropriate for a wide variety and range of audience.

I would use this book when teaching about the civil rights movement and segregation. Also could use this to talk about historical figures that changed the course of history and had a huge impact on the U.S.