Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book) -- Nikki Giovanni, Hardcover

She had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask Auntie, are you going to move? all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, No.

An inspiring account of an event that shaped American history

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

Award-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective.

Rosa is a 2006 Caldecott Honor Book and the winner of the 2006 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.

Author: Nikki Giovanni
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 10/01/2005
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 11.28h x 8.82w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780805071061
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 102969 / Rosa

Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Winner
Award: Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2005 pg. 1797
Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2005 pg. 789
Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 73
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2005 pg. 56
School Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 192
Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2005 pg. 42
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2005 pg. 136
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 24
Multicultural Review 05/01/2006 pg. 88
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 171 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author

Nikki Giovanni is the author of Lincoln and Douglass, Spin a Soft Black Song, The Sun Is So Quiet, and the Caldecott Honor Book Rosa. Her autobiography Gemini was a finalist for the National Book Award, and several of her books have received NAACP Image Awards. She was the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, and has been awarded the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry.

Bryan Collier is the author and illustrator of Uptown, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. He is also the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Books Martin's Big Words (Doreen Rappaport) and Rosa.