Book Detail
Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation |
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Publication Information |
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| Author: Pinkney, Andrea | Illustrator: Pinkney, Brian |
| Title: Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation | Date: 2008 |
| Publisher: Harper Collins | City: New York |
| ISBN, paperback: 978-0-06-082118-0 | ISBN, hardback: |
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| ABE/ABLE: Yes | ESOL: |
| Family: | Young Adult: |
| Picture: Yes | |
General Information: |
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| Book Type(s): nonfiction, poetry | |
HSE Descriptor(s): social studies |
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Summary: |
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| Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information. | |
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| This book deserves a place in a text set on the Civil rights Movement, and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in particular, which could be used to demythologize the role of rosa Parks--something this book perpetuates. Read this book aloud to enjoy the rhythms and use of language. Readers can find and discuss the vernacular language of the blues. On the first page, the author says, "This story begins with shoes....This story walks. And walks. And walks." Why are shoes an appropriate metaphor for the boycott? | |
Teaching Strategies: |
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 Agree? Disagree? Why?http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/agree_disagree_why.pdf |
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K-W-L Instruction Strategy http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/k_w_l.pdf |
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Reader's Theater http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/readers_theater.pdf |
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Think-Pair-Share http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/think_pair_share.pdf |
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