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Rosa's Bus

The Ride to Civil Rights

The Ride to Civil Rights

The Ride to Civil Rights

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

By Jo S. Kittinger
Illustrated by Steven Walker

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Jan 10, 2017 | ISBN 9781629798486 | 7-10 years

Hardcover $17.99

Oct 01, 2010 | ISBN 9781590787229 | 7-10 years

Ebook $7.99

Oct 20, 2020 | ISBN 9781635924985 | 7-10 years

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    About Rosa’s Bus

    Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950’s, Bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front and black passengers sat in the back—until Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights movement led by a young minister, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery.

    About Rosa’s Bus

    Here is the remarkable story of Bus #2857 and its passengers, including Rosa Parks, who changed history in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955. 

    Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front, and Black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was ordinary — until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights moment, which was led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, Black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery. This picture book is told from the point of view of the bus, telling its story from the streets where it rode, to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum.

    About Rosa’s Bus

    Here is the remarkable story of Bus #2857 and its passengers, including Rosa Parks, who changed history in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955. 

    Like all buses in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1950s, bus #2857 was segregated: white passengers sat in the front, and Black passengers sat in the back. Bus #2857 was ordinary — until a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Her arrest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a major event in the Civil Rights moment, which was led by a young minister named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. For 382 days, Black passengers chose to walk rather than ride the buses in Montgomery. This picture book is told from the point of view of the bus, telling its story from the streets where it rode, to its present home in the Henry Ford Museum.

    About Jo S. Kittinger

    Jo S. Kittinger is the author of more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

    About Steven Walker

    Steven Walker is an illustrator whose numerous clients include Highlights for Children and the Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Westerville, Virginia.

    About Jo S. Kittinger

    Jo S. Kittinger is the author of more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

    About Steven Walker

    Steven Walker is an illustrator whose numerous clients include Highlights for Children and the Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Westerville, Virginia.

    About Jo S. Kittinger

    Jo S. Kittinger is the author of more than a dozen books, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Birmingham, Alabama.

    About Steven Walker

    Steven Walker is an illustrator whose numerous clients include Highlights for Children and the Boy Scouts of America. He lives in Westerville, Virginia.

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics

    Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Calkins Creek
    Jan 10, 2017 | 40 Pages | 11 x 9 | 7-10 years | ISBN 9781629798486

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Calkins Creek
    Oct 01, 2010 | 40 Pages | 11 x 9 | 7-10 years | ISBN 9781590787229

    Category: Children’s Nonfiction | Children’s Wellness & Social Topics

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Calkins Creek
    Oct 20, 2020 | 40 Pages | 7-10 years | ISBN 9781635924985

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    Praise

    “Employing direct, accessible, relentless language arranged in free-verse stanzas, the author brings to life the drama of Parks’s act (neither busting myths nor exploiting them) and the events it sparked. Walker’s double-page, large-scale oils evoke the emotions of a determined people and perfectly complement the text. The author’s note contextualizes the boycott and names Claudette Colvin and Mary Louise Smith as Parks’s forerunners. Powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “An inventive approach… kids will connect with the unsentimental, contemporary message: ‘Imagine where it has been / and where we have yet to go.'” —Booklist

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