Rosa Parks (Rookie Biographies) |
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| Author:
| Mara, Wil |
| Series title: | Rookie Biographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-531-21204-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2014 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic Library Publishing
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| Imprint: | Children's Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $5.95 |
Book Description:
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Meet Rosa Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Rosa Parks was born in the South at a time when African Americans were treated like second-class citizens. By refusing...
More DescriptionMeet Rosa Parks, the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage children to read on their own-as they learn about people like Serena Williams, Neil Armstrong, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank and many more. Rosa Parks was born in the South at a time when African Americans were treated like second-class citizens. By refusing to accept the status quo, Parks sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and went on to become known as the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.