Rosa Parks (Little People, Big Dreams)
Rosa Parks (Little People, Big Dreams)
by Lisbeth Kaiser
Ages 4–8
How a quiet seamstress's refusal to give up her bus seat helped spark the civil rights movement.
- Author
- Lisbeth Kaiser
- Age
- Ages 4–8
- Type
- Biography, Picture Book
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln
- In India
- Available
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