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If a Bus Could Talk : The Story of Rosa Parks

If a Bus Could Talk : The Story of Rosa Parks Hardcover - 1999

by Faith Ringgold

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  • Hardcover

Colorful illustrations by Caldecott Honor winner Ringgold highlight this biography of Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, is a well-remembered event in the history of the civil rights movement.

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Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, 1999. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title If a Bus Could Talk : The Story of Rosa Parks
  • Author Faith Ringgold
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, New York, NY
  • Date 1999
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0689818920I5N00
  • ISBN 9780689818929 / 0689818920
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.2 x 12 x 0.5 in (25.91 x 30.48 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 980
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: South
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Geographic Orientation: Alabama
    • Locality: Montgomery, Alabama
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects Women, African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98022578
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2000, Page 934
  • Essence, 12/01/2005, Page 130
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1999, Page 159
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 11/01/1999, Page 1747
  • New York Times, 11/21/1999, Page 60
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/15/1999, Page 66
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2000, Page 126

About the author

Faith Ringgold grew up in Harlem, has a master's degree in education, and has taught art in New York City public schools. Deeply influenced by the Black Power movement, Faith developed an art style based on her African American heritage. She created a series of narrative quilts about the lives of black women, one of which inspired her first picture book, Tar Beach, winner of a Caldecott Honor Award and a Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. She went on to publish several more acclaimed picture books, including Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky and My Dream of Martin Luther King. Faith Ringgold divides her time between New Jersey and Southern California.