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This biography introduces readers to Rosa Parks, whose brave act of refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement. It details her life and the ripple effect of her actions in the fight for equality.

This is a book about the importance of Rosa Parks and uses child-centered language when describing her accomplishments to make the story more accessible

“I would like to remembered as s person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”

“But I'm also proof that there's no such thing as an ordinary person.“

This book will teach young girls to be brave and strong just Rosa Parks when faced will hard challenges.

This was a great book to learn about influential people during black history month. It has cute pictures and illustrations. There's also great videos online of the author reading this story with cartoon illustrations!

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day.“

Yona Zeldis McDonough's 'Who Was Rosa Parks?' is an accessible biography that tells the story of the woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It introduces students to the history of the civil rights movement. This book is useful for teaching about civil rights, activism, and the concept of peaceful protest.

Ever since I first heard about Rosa Parks (in a Doctor Who episode) I wanted to learn more about her. This biography has been on my wishlist ever since. Great thing I finally read it, because there's so much to tell about Rosa. That she has been politically active for year before and after. That without her there would be no Martin Luther King. That she kept on fighting for what's right. I am so, so impressed by her.