BIOGRAPHYSynopsis of text: This text is a biography of the life of Rosa Parks and the impact that she had on the Civil Rights Movement. The reader will learn the story of when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. This act sparked the Civil Rights Movement and caused her to be titled the "mother or First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement."Use in classroom:-I could use this text in my classroom to introduce a social studies unit on the Civil Rig...

Everyone knows who RosaParks is because most people learn about her in elementary school, well how do the kids of today's generation learn? The same way as everyone else, through books! Who Was Rosa Parks by Yona Zeldis McDonough is kid-friendly book that teaches kids who exactly Rosa Parks was. The book starts with Rosa's childhood and goes from there, emphasizing her legendary bus incident that sparked a revolution. This book will teach kids to always stand up for what you believe in even if s...

Great series! Everyone knows the famous bus scene of Rosa Parks life, but I enjoyed reading the other bits - how she pushed a boy who tried to run her off the sidewalk, how she took care of her mother, how she donated time to the NAACP, how she worked for a US senator - so many interesting tidbits.The only thing that dinged a star was because there were WAY too many aside pages. It’s nice to have a few, but there were so many in this book it interrupted the flow.

This book is upsetting because it talks about the separation of blacks and whites. So in this book Rosa didn't get a free ride to change history she had to work for it and prove that it took heart and strength to get where she is now. So Rosa always was upset about how they had to be doing different thing then whites like separated bathrooms, restaurants and even water fountains. And this made Rosa upset so for years and years she wanted to change the would so whites and black can have equal rig...

Who was Rosa Parks? was an incredible biography on the life of the lady who started a revolution by just sitting on bus! I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read quick, interesting books. If this one isn't for you, try another Who Was?/Is book.

Well done!Who was Rosa Parks?This is a terrific book with just about everything you would want to know about this wonderful driven woman! I must say I learned a thing or two! It takes you back to her childhood on up. Excellent!

Rosa Parks was your average African-American Woman until one Day She Refused to Give up her Seat for a White Man, Sparking a Revolution that is Still Ongoing Even Today!

Who Was Rosa Parks? [2010] - ★★★★1/2 "...a bus seat may seem like a little thing. But it wasn't. It represented something big" [McDonough, 2010: 47].Rosa Parks was an American activist known for her involvement in the civil rights movement, in particular, in the Montgomery bus boycott. She is famous for saying "no" to a demand to give her seat to a white passenger on a bus in 1955. Her quiet courage which led to big changes won the world's admiration. This children's book with illustrations star...

I did not know a thing about Rosa Parks, I learned that she did not give up her seat and she said not to a white person so she had to got to jail but then other people helped her out of jail. I think of Rosa of Martin Luther King Jr because they wanted the same thing FREEDOM and they worked to getter and not blacks and whites can do the same things for an example ( E.X) back then black and white students can not go to the same school but not all because of Martin Luther King Jr blacks and whites...

Rosa Parks is great historical figure. This book is about her life and all the choices she made to aide in ending segregation. On december 1, 1995, after working all day she took her normal bus route home. However, this time, Rosa decided to not give up her seat to the white people once the bus got crowded, This created quite a scene, but Rosa was determined to bring inequality to light. Rosa and her active part in the civil rightsmovement will never be forgotten. This book was a really great bo...

I like this book because it taught me how it was when Rosa Parks was alive about the buses and more.

Rosa Parks grew up in a time when black and white children (and adults) were not treated the same. Lily and Wade are inspired by her lifelong courage to work for more fairness in the world. This book taught us about a lot of new big words like segregation, equality, racism, prejudice, civil rights, boycott, protest, fairness, unconstitutional, and nonviolence. Rosa understood how important it was for everyone to vote, but before 1965 there were laws that made it very difficult for most black peo...

I love reading the "Who Was..." and "What Was…" books, even as an adult. This story was really interesting and I learned about some people, who I had heard of before, but did not know their complete connection to the civil rights movement. I was very glad this book talked about Claudette Colvin. She was the first person to not give up her seat on a bus and was beaten and sent to jail for it. Many books about the civil rights period do not talk about her, so it was refreshing to read this one. Th...

An outstanding and brave woman. This children's book is part of the project to learning English by myself.

Rosa Parks was so much more than the lady known for being arrested for not giving up her bus seat precipitating the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. She had come through the segregated school system and, after graduating high school, she became involved in civil rights issues. In Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough the author presents more about Rosa Parks than the bus episode. In fact, there was another person who did this before Rosa Parks but the people who wanted to boycott the c...

I liked the book because Rosa Parks helped end segregation.Ppp

Very interesting. A little scary though.

This entry into the popular Who Was? series provides a quick, but comprehensive look at Rosa Parks' life and her contributions to civil rights that extend beyond the famous bus incident. There's also a lot of other information about the time period, segregation, and other civil rights leaders, so it gives a good overall picture for readers just learning about all this. The book also does a good job of demonstrating how one person, through brave, yet simple actions and quiet strength can change t...

Rosa Parks said, "I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free" (98). I love this quote because she is basically saying that if she is concerned about being free then other people will have the courge to be concerned about being free. This is a quote everyone can learn from. Who Was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough is about the life of Rosa Parks and all the examples she set, and about what she went through in her lifetime. Initially,

The story is about Rosa Parks who was a big spark in the multi-race revolution. She was a courages person who took her freedom and brought it out! Her disobeying these unfair laws was just outstanding! I say that I recommend this to people who love freedom.