• Bright yellow-green background; Rosa Parks in large flowing black handwritten script; young Rosa illustrated with dark brown curly hair, small red hair ribbon, round wire-frame glasses, rosy cheeks, arms folded in a dignified composed pose; red pinafore dress over a cream blouse with short puffed sleeves and ruffled collar; small teal rounded handbag at her feet; Written by Lisbeth Kaiser and Illustrated by Marta Antelo at the bottom; solid black spine on the left edge
  • Young Rosa in red pinafore and a boy standing watching a dark navy school bus pass carrying white children; a white child leans out of a window; Black adults and children walk on the left; a brown dog on the grass; grey-blue buildings and bare trees in the background; spread text: "Every day, Rosa watched the school bus go by taking white children to their big school. It didn't stop for her. She had to walk a long way to the one-room school that was just for black children"; warm flat folk-art style, muted
  • Two scenes: left page — circular memory illustration of Rosa's family picking cotton in white cotton-boll fields in muted khaki, olive and white tones; right page — cosy domestic interior with young Rosa on a dark olive-green sofa embraced by her grandmother and grandfather, teal curtains and framed picture on the wall; spread text about slavery and racial inequality; warm flat folk-art illustration style
  • Wide rural Alabama landscape in yellow-ochre and green; white painted cottage with red roof; young Rosa in red pinafore holding hands with her younger brother in dungarees; grandfather with a fishing rod; grandmother in teal dress with a red bucket; girl in pink near the cottage with white chickens; spread text: "Rosa grew up near Montgomery, Alabama, with her mother, brother and grandparents" / "She was very little and very brave, and she always tried to do what was right"; warm flat folk-art style
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LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: ROSA PARKS (HB)

LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: ROSA PARKS (HB)

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Part of the beloved Little People, BIG DREAMS series — beautifully illustrated biographical picture books that introduce young children to the lives of remarkable people who changed the world. This volume tells the story of Rosa Parks, one of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement.

Rosa grew up in Alabama, where she saw racial inequality from the earliest age — walking past the school bus that only took white children, hearing her grandparents' stories of slavery, learning what it meant to face injustice with quiet dignity. That spirit of courage and determination stayed with her for life. In 1955, Rosa refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white passenger. Her act of defiance sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped ignite the movement that would end segregation in America. She never stopped working for equal rights.

Told in simple, engaging language with warm and expressive illustrations by Marta Antelo, this is a moving and age-appropriate introduction to Rosa Parks' extraordinary life and legacy. A facts and photos section at the back brings her story into the real world.

  • Part of the Little People, BIG DREAMS series
  • Written by Lisbeth Kaiser
  • Illustrated by Marta Antelo
  • Publisher: Aurum Press / Quarto
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • Dimensions: 240 x 195mm
  • Publication date: 7 September 2017
  • For readers aged 4 and up
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