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If a Bus Could Talk
The Story of Rosa Parks
By Ringgold, Faith
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-892-9
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young People, c1999.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2000
K-Gr 4 A talking bus is literally the vehicle for this picture-book biography. Marcie, on her way to school, finds herself on a driverless bus occupied by a group of unfamiliar passengers who don't seem to notice she's there. A disembodied voice tells her that this used to be the Cleveland Avenue bus but is now the Rosa Parks bus, and then launches into an account of the woman's life. Ringgold recounts the dramatic events triggered by Parks's refusal to give up her seat: the Montgomery bus boycott; the leadership, persecution, and death of Dr. Martin Lu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
