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Rosa is a children's picture book written by poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier. A biography of African-American civil rights activist Rosa Parks,

Description
The 40 page book features water color/ collage history and strike cut paper images, product dimension 8.54(w) by 10.95(h) by 0.09 (d), Age range 4-8 years. Theme and subject: African American History, courage , Heroism , civil rights movements

plot
Giovanni was the first recipient of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award and knew Parks personally through their involvement in civil rights activism. Rosa was published in October 2005, as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic arrest and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks died of natural causes later that month at the age of 92.

Awards
This book has won the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators and was a Caldecott Honor Book in 2006. also winner of the jack keats book award [http://www.powells.com/book/rosa- 9780805071061]

Critical reception
Rosa By Nikki Giovanni has been favorbably viewed by critics. Category:Biographies about African-American peoplePaired very effectively with Giovanni's passionate, direct words, Collier's large watercolor-and-collage illustrations depict Parks as an inspiring force that radiates golden light.” —Booklist, Starred Review.School Library Journal expresses “Purposeful in its telling, this is a handsome and thought-provoking introduction to these watershed acts of civil disobedience.” According to kirkus reviews “An essential volume for classrooms and libraries.”

Category:Books about African-American history Category:Children's picture books

stubs:  Book#1) Rosa by nikki giovanni, bryan collier'''

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rosa-nikki-giovanni/1103359765

http://childrensbooklist.blogspot.com/2007/02/rosa-by-nikki-giovanni-and-bryan.html

http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/brain/readtogether.html

http://www.powells.com/book/rosa-9780805071061

Book#2 The girl who loved wild horses -paul goble

http://www.amazon.com/The-Girl-Loved-Wild-Horses/dp/0689716966

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Loved_Wild_Horses

http://www.powells.com/book/girl-who-loved-wild-horses-9780689716966

http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2014/06/paul-gobles-girl-who-loved-wild-horses.html