Rosa (children's book)
| Author | Nikki Giovanni |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Bryan Collier |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Square Fish |
Publication date | October 1, 2005 |
| Pages | 40 |
| Awards | Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators |
| ISBN | 9780805071061 |
Rosa is a children's picture book written by poet, activist, and educator Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier.[1] A biography of African-American civil rights activist Rosa Parks,
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Giovanni was the first recipient of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award[2] and knew Parks personally through their involvement in civil rights activism.[3] 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
Rosa won the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators [4] and was a Caldecott Honor Book in 2006.[5]
References
- ↑ Rosa, Publishers Weekly, August 29, 2005.
- ↑ , Southern Poverty Law Center, March 10, 2004.
- ↑ “Read Together With Nikki Giovanni and Brian Collier”, PBS
- ↑ “Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present” American Library Association.
- ↑ “Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present”, American Library Association.
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