Houghton Mifflin Reading: The Nation's Choice: Theme Paperbacks, Below-Level Grade 4 Theme 2 - I Am Rosa Parks

The book came a mess! Pages falling out all over!

Reviewed by Madeline McElroy (age 7) for Reader Views (8/08) I was surprised that I liked this book; I didn't even want to read it. I guess I thought it would be boring. My Mom told me we had studied this during Black History Month last year in first grade, but I didn't remember. This book was a story about Rosa Parks, who some say started the civil rights movement because she would not give up her seat on the bus. I learned about black history and segregation. Rosa Parks probably thought it was really unfair how she and all the other black people were treated. If I was her I would feel mad! I'm happy I read "I Am Rosa Parks.". I think it is a really good book for kids my age. It was a little hard to read with all of the big new words I learned. But it told me a lot about Rosa's life in the South when things weren't so good for black people.

This is a wonderful book for children. It teaches them about segregation, and about being brave and standing up for your ideas. Great story...Too bad it was true.

This book was well received by our 6 yr old granddaughter. It is a book that can be read with a youngster. It captures the spirit of Rosa Parks in easily understood language.

This book is a great read for a young child...maybe K-2nd grade. It was good at laying out for the reader the life of Rosa Parks.

This book is about a girl that had to give her seat up in a bus for a white person. She did not get up so they called the police.The police arrested her for not getting up.Then when Rosa got out of jail she made a statement saying, " Why do black people have to give up for white people?" They compromised and the black people do not have to give up there seat anymore. I liked this story because if Rosa Parks did not say anything we will be still separated from black people.