{"product_id":"rosa-caldecott-honor-book-9780312376024","title":"Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring account of an event that shaped American history\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe had not sought this moment but she was ready for it. When the policeman bent down to ask \"Auntie, are you going to move?\" all the strength of all the people through all those many years joined in her. She said, \"No.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This picture- book tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning poet, writer, and activist Nikki Giovanni's evocative text combines with Bryan Collier's striking cut-paper images to retell the story of this historic event from a wholly unique and original perspective. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e is a Caldecott Honor Book and the winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikki Giovanni\u003c\/b\u003e wrote many books of poetry for children and adults, including \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e, a Caldecott Honor book, \u003ci\u003eLincoln and Douglass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Genie in the Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEgo-tripping and Other Poems for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e. Giovanni called herself, \"a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English.\" She was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Lincoln Heights, an all-black suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. She studied at Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University. She published her first book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eBlack Feeling Black Talk\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1968, and since then became one of America's most widely read poets. Oprah Winfrey named her as one of her twenty-five \"Living Legends.\" Her autobiography \u003ci\u003eGemini\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award, and several of her books received NAACP Image Awards. She received twenty-five honorary degrees, and numerous other distinctions, including being named Woman of the Year by \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ladies Home Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e, the first recipient of the Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, and the Langston Hughes Medal for poetry. Nikki Giovanni lived in Christiansburg, Virginia, where she was a professor of English at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She died in 2024 at the age of 81. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBryan Collier\u003c\/b\u003e is the author and illustrator of \u003ci\u003eUptown\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Coretta Scott King Award and the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award. He is also the illustrator of the Caldecott Honor Books \u003ci\u003eMartin's Big Words \u003c\/i\u003e(Doreen Rappaport) and \u003ci\u003eRosa\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50668951863570,"sku":"9780312376024","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60b0ac0f-c5b0-4128-895a-95a032ebe446.jpg?v=1737246248","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rosa-caldecott-honor-book-9780312376024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}