#3 Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

Rosa by Nikki Giovanni was a Coretta Scott King Award winning book and a Caldecott Honor Book. This book is a true representation of diversity.

This book is about Rosa Parks and it includes a brief look into her life and what events took place during her life to help change history. Rosa was an African-American woman who refused to move out of her seat on the bus one day as she headed home from her job as a seamstress. At that point, she was arrested for her actions on the bus. Her courageous and brave decision helped make our world what it is today.

I have always been an avid reader of any book related to the Civil Rights Movement. I shared this book with my students during the school year during our unit study of the civil rights. I think this is a very important topic for our children to understand. Freedom did not always come free for some people. The illustrations within this book are very appealing for the storyline.