I am Rosa Parks / by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins ; illustrated by Wil Clay.
Material type:
TextSeries: Step into reading. Step 4 book. Publisher: New York : Random House, [2021]Copyright date: ©1997Description: 48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593432723
- 059343272X
- 9780593432730
- 0593432738
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| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Reader | PARKS, R. P252 | Available | 33111010588982 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Reader | PARKS, R. P252 | Checked out | 07/12/2024 | 33111010568174 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How special and inspiring to read about Rosa Park's life in her own words! This BIOGRAPHY READER is now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line.
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man on December 1, 1955, she made history. Her brave act sparked the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott and brought the civil rights movement to national attention. In simple, lively language, Rosa Parks describes her life from childhood to the present and recounts the events that shook the nation. Her story is powerful, inspiring and unforgettable.
An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.
"A Biography Reader"--Cover.
"Originally published in hardcover: New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, and imprint of Penguin Random House, 1997."
F&P text level: O.
Grades 2-3.
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.
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.