Picture Book · Ages 4–7 · 2005
The Bus Ride That Changed History
By Pamela Duncan Edwards, Danny Shanahan (Illustrator)
One woman's quiet refusal on a city bus sets a nation's movement in motion.
32 pages· 946 words· Est. 8 min read-aloud
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Hardcover
Summary: In 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Told in a cumulative rhythm that builds page by page, this picture book shows how one brave act sparked the bus boycott and the civil rights movement, while two young narrators connect the history to their own lives.






