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Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005,

I am Rosa Parks / by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins ; illustrated by Wil Clay. - 48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm. - Step into reading. Step 4, Reading paragraphs . - Step into reading. Step 4 book. .

"A Biography Reader"--Cover. "Originally published in hardcover: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, and imprint of Penguin Random House, 1997."

I get arrested -- How I grew up -- We stay off the buses -- Since the boycott -- A note from the Editor -- Timeline of Rosa Parks's Life.

The black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama, explains what she did and why.

F&P text level: O. Grades 2-3.

ISBN: 9780593432723 059343272X 9780593432730 0593432738

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC1E4175 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020311203 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Parks, Rosa, 1913-2005 --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--Montgomery--Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation--History--Alabama--Montgomery--20th century--Juvenile literature.
African American women--Alabama--Montgomery--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations--Juvenile literature.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Readers (Publications)
Illustrated works.