Contains a guide to teaching literacy through the books of Lois Ehlert, author of "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" and "Eating The Alphabet, " including reproducible pages that provide activities for building vocabulary and developing basic science skills.
Illustrations and simple text chronicle the life of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, whose refusal in 1955 to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.