Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Back of the bus

From the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, a young boy plays with his marble while sitting next to his mother. His mother tells the boy to stop the rolling marble and to tuck his marble inside and be quiet. This is the day that Rosa Parks sits in the front of the bus instead of the back of the bus with the boy and his mother. The boy knows his marble with its brown and golden shine in the sunlight is a symbol of change. No need to hide it no more.

Reynolds, Aaron

Philomel Books

2010

Cooper, Floyd

978-0-399-25091

New York

2010

Abstract provided by Valerie A. Ubbes, 2024