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A review by azajacks
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds
5.0
Another lucky find from the library. Saw it when I was getting Creepy Carrots. Cannot believe the same author wrote those 2 books! I am even more in awe of Aaron Reynolds now than before, and I thought Creepy Carrots was awesome. How can the same person write so very different store? I also picked it up because the illustrations are by Floyd Cooper and I will read anything with his name on it.
This is an amazing historical fiction picture book. The narrator is a young black boy in Montgomery, Alabama riding in the back of the bus with his momma after a long, tiring work day for her. And guess who else is also on the bus? Rosa Parks, or "just Mrs. Parks from the tailor shop", as he refers to her. And yes, it's THAT day, December 1, 1955.
So here is the Rosa Parks story, but this time told from someone on the inside, instead of from someone on the outside looking in, a neutral observer, as many stories about Rosa Parks often are. I like that- it gives you that "you were there" perspective. I am excited to share this book with my students, and especially so now during Black History Month.
This is an amazing historical fiction picture book. The narrator is a young black boy in Montgomery, Alabama riding in the back of the bus with his momma after a long, tiring work day for her. And guess who else is also on the bus? Rosa Parks, or "just Mrs. Parks from the tailor shop", as he refers to her. And yes, it's THAT day, December 1, 1955.
So here is the Rosa Parks story, but this time told from someone on the inside, instead of from someone on the outside looking in, a neutral observer, as many stories about Rosa Parks often are. I like that- it gives you that "you were there" perspective. I am excited to share this book with my students, and especially so now during Black History Month.