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A wonderfully told story about the day Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat on the bus and the movement that it started. The artwork is watercolor and collage. I found it interesting to look at.

The one bit of confusion that I have is I have heard from many sources that Rosa had been practicing her resistance and how to handle the situation and what to do. I had heard that she planned this. This book is saying that it was not premeditated. It was an in the moment situation. Honestly, I don’t know which source to believe. My brother is a social worker who has studied civil rights extensively, so I tend to trust him on this. I guess it doesn’t really matter. The important part is Rosa Parks decided to sit down on purpose.

The kids were mystified at why this was such an issue. They can hardly make sense of it. In their world, thank goodness, they just can’t understand what is going on here. The niece did think Rosa was brave and the nephew did too. Yet, the nephew thought the story was somewhat boring. A lady sat on a bus and got arrested. He’s more into more exciting matters. The niece didn’t think it was boring, but she had a hard time understanding the reason it needs a story. My brother talked to her the next day about it. The nephew gave this 2 stars and the niece gave them 3 stars. Nonfiction is a hard sell to my nephew at the moment.