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, it won the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators [2] and was a Caldecott Honor Book in 2006.[3]
Giovanni was the first recipient of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award[4] and knew Parks personally through their involvement in civil rights activism.[5] 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.
References
- ↑ Rosa, Publishers Weekly, August 29, 2005.
- ↑ “Coretta Scott King Book Awards - All Recipients, 1970-Present” American Library Association.
- ↑ “Caldecott Medal & Honor Books, 1938-Present”, American Library Association.
- ↑ , Southern Poverty Law Center, March 10, 2004.
- ↑ “Read Together With Nikki Giovanni and Brian Collier”, PBS