Grades 3 – 7
“I Am Rosa Parks” by Rosa Parks
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955, she made history. In simple, lively language, she tells about her life from childhood to the present, and describes the bus boycott that propelled the Civil Rights Movement to national attention.
Grades 3 – 6
“Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale” by John Steptoe
This Caldecott Medal-winning African tale evokes the Cinderella story, as well as the traditional theme of good triumphing over evil. Mufaro has two daughters, the bad-tempered Manyara and the loving Nyasha, who must pass a series of tests in order for one of them to be considered a beautiful and worthy wife for the Great King.