Boycott Blues-How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation
Andrea Davis Pinkney2008
Boycott Blues is told from a point of view a Blues singing dog. He tells the story of how Rosa was "dog tired" and needed to sit on the bus for the ride home that day. With the southern roots of blues, the book outlines the story of how folks stood up and walked for what they believed in, as they were inspired by Rosa Parks and her plight not to give up her seat that faithful day in Alabama.
My students truly enjoyed the rhythm of this story and how it was told from the point of view of the dog. We really looked closely at the color sequence of the story, as well as figurative language used throughout. This book also included the music in language as Tunnel and Jacobs described well written picture books. The book is capable of stirring emotional responses in its readers, as it did in my classroom.
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