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Back Of The Bus (2010)

by Aaron Reynolds(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399250913 (ISBN13: 9780399250910)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Philomel Books

review 1: KIRKUS REVIEWA child’s-eye view of the day Rosa Parks would not give up her seat. On Dec. 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., a boy and his mom sit at the back of the bus, and he amuses himself by rolling his tiger’s-eye marble down the bus aisle. “Mrs. Parks from the tailor shop” rolls it back to him. Soon the bus is packed, but it does not move. The boy, acutely sensitive to the tone of his mother’s and the driver’s voices, wonders what is happening, but he sees that, like his mama, Parks has her “strong chin.” She’s taken away, the bus goes home and the boy holds his brown-and-golden marble to the light, thinking he does not have to hide it anymore. The language is rhythmic and inflected with dropped gs, with slightly overdone description, but clearly explain... mores to very young children Parks’s refusal to give up her seat at the front of the bus to a white man. Cooper uses his “subtractive method” on oil color, in which illustrations are rubbed out or lightened, making the pictures glow with burnished grace. (Picture book. 5-9)My ReviewThe story was written through a young boys point of view about Rosa Parks and how she would not give up her seat on December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. The young boy was far more interested in every thing else going on around him, like playing with his marble for example. Until his father made him realize that Rosa Parks was at it again, and this time it was serious. Rosa Parks was saying "No" to a white man and that is when everything went haywire, but can you imagine how the way of life would be if Rosa did not stand up for her rights and the rights of others.Grade Levels: K-3rd grade (lower grades)Awards/ Honors: 2011 Notable Children’s Books
review 2: "Back of the Bus" is written from the perspective on a boy at the back of the bus that Rosa Parks was on when she refused to give up her seat. He takes us through the fear that he and his mother had, but also how he had admired Rosa Parks for standing up for what she believed in. I loved the symbolism at the end of when the marble was being held to the light the marble acted as if it wasn't afraid to show its true colors anymore. This picture book is interesting because each page was a picture. From corner to corner, it was an illustration with words embedded into the corner of the picture. This gives the impression that you are on the bus with them. You literally fall into this book. less

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