I Am Rosa Parks
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- Create Date：2021-09-19 04:21:54
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Brad Meltzer
- ISBN：0803740859
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Reviews
Sahara Little
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Rosa Parks is a very well-known civil rights activist in history and this book highlights all of the courageous actions Rosa took to fight for justice。 She inspired so many people to start fighting for justice and take courageous actions just as she did。 This book along with the story of Claudette Colvin are incredible examples of leaders who began the Civil Rights Movement。
Joey Gremillion
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The "I Am" and "Who Was" books have always been very popular in the libraries that I have worked in。 EXCELLENT way to teach history in a fun way。 The "I Am" and "Who Was" books have always been very popular in the libraries that I have worked in。 EXCELLENT way to teach history in a fun way。 。。。more
Lecy Beth
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The theme in this book is having respect for yourself and demanding respect from others， and Rosa Parks definitely did this。 The story focuses on the racial disparities during the course of Rosa's lifetime， with illustrations showing the segregated classrooms， public transportation， and even drinking fountains。 This book is the most historically accurate without whitewashing the details， which is nice。 It's not completely in-your-face， but it definitely covers the important points in this story。 The theme in this book is having respect for yourself and demanding respect from others， and Rosa Parks definitely did this。 The story focuses on the racial disparities during the course of Rosa's lifetime， with illustrations showing the segregated classrooms， public transportation， and even drinking fountains。 This book is the most historically accurate without whitewashing the details， which is nice。 It's not completely in-your-face， but it definitely covers the important points in this story。 Of all the Ordinary People books that I've read so far， this one is definitely my favorite！ 。。。more
YG
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A great read with a great message！ No matter how much people say you can't， you can！ A great read with a great message！ No matter how much people say you can't， you can！ 。。。more
Kelsey Nunez
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I think this is a great book for children to learn about Rosa Parks and how she became the women she was。 This book talks about Rosa Parks and her life from being a child to become the women who help start the civil rights movement。 I think this book is perfect for children in grades 1-3。 I really enjoyed reading this book。
Skyler Barksdale
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This book is a biography for children that centers around the life of Rosa Parkers。 This book is targeted towards preschooler - 3rd grade audiences。 This book talks all about Rosa Parks and the things she has gone through in her lifetime。 The pictures are bright， and I adore the cartoon style。 The author keeps it very accurate and is able to successfully concise all of the information in order for young children to understand。 This book would be great for a Pre-K teacher to read for Black Histor This book is a biography for children that centers around the life of Rosa Parkers。 This book is targeted towards preschooler - 3rd grade audiences。 This book talks all about Rosa Parks and the things she has gone through in her lifetime。 The pictures are bright， and I adore the cartoon style。 The author keeps it very accurate and is able to successfully concise all of the information in order for young children to understand。 This book would be great for a Pre-K teacher to read for Black History Month or just in general。 The language used/pictures drawn are likely to keep the children attentive。 。。。more
Hannah Ogilvie
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i would use this book for an older level class because of the content and length of the pages/story being told。 I think it is educational and impactful， i even learned new things as well。 I like how the illustrations and story being told throughout the whole book。 I think it would be useful in a classroom
Rivka
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“I Am Rosa Parks” by Brad Meltzer is an excellent award-winning historical fiction novel for children aged 3-7 interested in learning about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement。 Rosa's headstrong personality， even as a young girl， is depicted incredibly well by the author; she was still sticking up for herself， even though she felt it could get her in trouble。 The author depicts the bus incident and subsequent events in great detail。 This book is insightful， and the author highlights several “I Am Rosa Parks” by Brad Meltzer is an excellent award-winning historical fiction novel for children aged 3-7 interested in learning about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement。 Rosa's headstrong personality， even as a young girl， is depicted incredibly well by the author; she was still sticking up for herself， even though she felt it could get her in trouble。 The author depicts the bus incident and subsequent events in great detail。 This book is insightful， and the author highlights several important events in Rosa's life， emphasizing how African Americans were viewed during this sensitive era in history。 The illustrations depict Rosa's actual words as well as how her words and deeds sparked the Civil Rights Movement。 Overall， this is a great read for young readers that want to learn more about Rosa Parks and her great impact on the world。 。。。more
Aleigha Ramkalawan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 “I Am Rosa Parks” by Brad Meltzer is a great award-winning historical fiction book for children ages 3-7， learning about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement。 I loved learning about African American history in school and Rosa Parks’ life story is so interesting to me。 She was so determined to make a difference， even at an early age。 The author does an exceptionally good job of portraying Rosa’s headstrong attitude， even as a young child; she was always standing up for herself， even when she “I Am Rosa Parks” by Brad Meltzer is a great award-winning historical fiction book for children ages 3-7， learning about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement。 I loved learning about African American history in school and Rosa Parks’ life story is so interesting to me。 She was so determined to make a difference， even at an early age。 The author does an exceptionally good job of portraying Rosa’s headstrong attitude， even as a young child; she was always standing up for herself， even when she knew it could have gotten her in trouble。 The author portrays the bus incident and different events after that very thoroughly。 I like the cartoons used throughout the book; it makes it a quite easy read for younger children。 This book is informative， and the author points out a lot of key moments throughout Rosa’s life; really making note of how African Americans were treated during this sensitive time period in history。 The cartoons portray the exact words that Rosa said and how her words and actions ignited the Civil Rights Movement。 The illustrator really put detail in the faces that Rosa makes when certain events happen。 I like how he portrays her when she’s on the bus， looking the other direction from the bus driver; really portraying how she will not move。 This book is a part of a series for children “I am。。。” （Ordinary People Change the World）， I highly recommend this series for young children to educate them on people who changed the world。 。。。more
Audrey Eagan
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This is a great children's biography book。 I would definitely use this in the classroom as it is easy to understand but provides great information about Rosa Parks。 This is a great children's biography book。 I would definitely use this in the classroom as it is easy to understand but provides great information about Rosa Parks。 。。。more
Hailey Anderson
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Such an amazing book for children。 Great beginner biography for the young students。 I love the way this book was written and the illustrations that are included。 The main character， Rosa Parks is an African American hero that all should learn about。 This book puts it perfectly why she is so heroic。
Kaitlyn Shoemaker
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This book is biographical nonfiction and is for the middle-grade age group。 I thought this book did such a wonderful job at explaining who Rosa Parks was and identified her struggles a person too。 I also thought this book did a great job of sharing her accomplishments too。 I enjoyed reading this book！
Maki
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These books are so well written for smaller children and attribute all kids of valued characteristics we want to see our children aspire to。 I also love the illustrations。
Guadalupe Arcibar
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This book is great to teach the students that we should all be treated equally no matter what skin color you are。 We are all humans and should be treated with respect no matter what the situation it is。 This book is a great book to read to students so they can understand that we all are equal no matter what。 Overall， great book！
Madison Heck
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I am Rosa Parks is a great children's picture book that also acts as a biography of Rosa's life。 This book talks about her life before she decided to take a seat on the bus， and after。 You can see that throughout Rosa's life she had strong morals and lots of self-respect for others， but most importantly for herself。 This book not only talks about who Rosa Parks is but also explains what life looked like back in her time when she was a child and all the way to an adult， you can see the small chan I am Rosa Parks is a great children's picture book that also acts as a biography of Rosa's life。 This book talks about her life before she decided to take a seat on the bus， and after。 You can see that throughout Rosa's life she had strong morals and lots of self-respect for others， but most importantly for herself。 This book not only talks about who Rosa Parks is but also explains what life looked like back in her time when she was a child and all the way to an adult， you can see the small changes and bits of social justice come into play。 This is a great children's book that had meaningful messages for young readers and can also act as a history lesson。 I think that children can learn a lot from this book and it can be a great conversation starter in the classroom。 。。。more
Skyla Thompson
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This picture book biography was absolutely amazing and perfect for younger students。 This book does an amazing job displaying Rosa Park's journey and telling us her story。 It does so in such a kid friendly way and has such kid friendly illustrations that will keep students engaged。 I kind of got sucked into the story even though I know about Rosa Parks and her story already。 If I got sucked in I know students will as well and that's the whole point of reading especially with younger kids， they w This picture book biography was absolutely amazing and perfect for younger students。 This book does an amazing job displaying Rosa Park's journey and telling us her story。 It does so in such a kid friendly way and has such kid friendly illustrations that will keep students engaged。 I kind of got sucked into the story even though I know about Rosa Parks and her story already。 If I got sucked in I know students will as well and that's the whole point of reading especially with younger kids， they want to be entertained and sucked into a story。 Great biography book and will definitely be used in my classroom one day！ 。。。more
Hannah Engle
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Grade level: 2/3rdLexile level: 600L
Haylee Baldwin
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This book did an amazing job of telling the story of Rosa Parks to the reader。 It made it very easy to understand and the illustrations provided a great visual。 I would definitely incorporate this in the classroom in grades 2nd-3rd， and could do an activity where the students pick one historical figure from a list， dress up as there person， then talk about who they were。 We did this in my 2nd grade classroom and it was super fun！
Shayna M
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**Spoiler Alert**Informational Non-fiction children's bookPicture BookBy Brad MeltzerLexile Level: 600LGrade Level: PREK-2 **Spoiler Alert**Informational Non-fiction children's bookPicture BookBy Brad MeltzerLexile Level: 600LGrade Level: PREK-2 。。。more
ij
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A picture book biography written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos。 The book covers some of Rosa Parks childhood including how blacks were treated at that time。 Separate schools， separate water fountains， separate elevators， etc。 Blacks and whites lived in different neighborhoods。 Schools were also separate， but， not equal。 Rosa's school was a one room wooden building with all grades sharing the same room and teacher。 The white school was brick building with nice windows A picture book biography written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos。 The book covers some of Rosa Parks childhood including how blacks were treated at that time。 Separate schools， separate water fountains， separate elevators， etc。 Blacks and whites lived in different neighborhoods。 Schools were also separate， but， not equal。 Rosa's school was a one room wooden building with all grades sharing the same room and teacher。 The white school was brick building with nice windows and rooms for each grade。Rosa endured these discriminatory practices， but， at age forty-two （42） something happened that caused her fight against the status quo。 While riding on the city bus in Montgomery， Alabama， she refused to give up her seat to a white man。 She was arrested。 This led to a bus boycott by blacks who refused to ride the bus for 381 days。 This led to changing the rules， now blacks no longer had to ride in the back of the bus。 This led to many other changes giving blacks more rights。 Rosa Parks was a catalyst for civil rights and not the ordinary person she thought she was。The book is for children 5 - 8。Black History Month Read 。。。more
Zandalee Fowler
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Not only was this book about Rosa Parks and events she went through at life。 It talked about how black and whites were segregated and could do things together。 She also talked about respect and that not only was it important to respect others but you need to have respect for yourself。 Rosa Parks set out to show that blacks and whites should be treated the same。
Ellista Smith
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This comic book inspired version of Rosa Parks tells the beautiful story of Rosa parks。 The illustrations and word placement makes this book very fun to read。Trait: presentation ATOS: 3。1Lex: 600L
Kaprisha Campbell
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Loved it great book for kids and tells her story well
Luna
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Good
Mrs。 Owens
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I read this as part of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge and am not the intended audience but still very good。 I appreciated that Meltzer clarified that Rosa Parks's act of defiance was intentional。 She acted with purpose and agency to create the change that she and other Civil Rights leaders wanted to bring about。 Good lesson for children that "ordinary" people can change the world。 I read this as part of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge and am not the intended audience but still very good。 I appreciated that Meltzer clarified that Rosa Parks's act of defiance was intentional。 She acted with purpose and agency to create the change that she and other Civil Rights leaders wanted to bring about。 Good lesson for children that "ordinary" people can change the world。 。。。more
Sarah
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I read this as part of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge and am not the intended audience but still very good。 I appreciated that Meltzer clarified that Rosa Parks's act of defiance was intentional。 She acted with purpose and agency to create the change that she and other Civil Rights leaders wanted to bring about。 Good lesson for children that "ordinary" people can change the world。 I read this as part of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge and am not the intended audience but still very good。 I appreciated that Meltzer clarified that Rosa Parks's act of defiance was intentional。 She acted with purpose and agency to create the change that she and other Civil Rights leaders wanted to bring about。 Good lesson for children that "ordinary" people can change the world。 。。。more
Ashlyn Littlefield
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This biography about Rosa Parks and how she became a leader as a Civil Rights Activist would be great for 1st graders to get an understanding of what she did and learn her story。 If I were to teach 1st grade students using this book， I would do partner reading and group reading。 After reading the book and discussing it， I would have students talk about what makes a leader and come up with a list of what characteristics make up a leader。 This could become part of a unit project with many differen This biography about Rosa Parks and how she became a leader as a Civil Rights Activist would be great for 1st graders to get an understanding of what she did and learn her story。 If I were to teach 1st grade students using this book， I would do partner reading and group reading。 After reading the book and discussing it， I would have students talk about what makes a leader and come up with a list of what characteristics make up a leader。 This could become part of a unit project with many different activities like video watching， worksheets， and story writing as students learn more。 Within this book， there are issues of equity and diversity。 Rosa Parks who was an African American was arrested because she refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man。 She was the first women to initiate the Civil Rights Movement。 She was treated differently because of the color of her skin。 This is something that could be difficult to teach to younger students， but would be great to introduce。 。。。more
Lisa Boyle
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This book would be good to read to a class to introduce them to who Rosa Parks is and to explain the racism and discrimination people faced when Rosa Parks was growing up and throughout her life。 Several famous historical events are mentioned in the book and are done so in a way that is appropriate for young readers。 The book explains how Rosa Parks helped change society。
Riley Benjamin
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This book is amazing！ I applaud the author for not watering this down。 This is how it happened and this is the story they should hear。 Especially in this day and age。 I think this book will serve as a great tool to widen my students perspective and better understand hardships endured outside their every day world。
Brianna
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