by Tracy Baptiste
Illustrated by Tonya Engel
Dial Books
Penguin Random House
2022
32 pages
ISBN: 9780593326404
NY Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste (The Jumbies) brings the story of fifteen-year old girl Claudette Colvin who refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white woman, igniting a movement for change.
Every school child has heard of Rosa Parks, but how many know about teen-age Claudette and her brave stand and her arrest that started the Montgomery boycott?
Because of Claudette and "good trouble," and the actions of the community, the speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks' bravery, the bus boycott that citizens supported, the case went to the Alabama Supreme Court. In December 1956 the law changed and anyone could now sit anywhere on a bus. All because Claudette.
Little things like taking a seat on the bus and standing up for what you think is right leads to bigger movements. There are so many things our children will need to address: climate change, endangered animals, the shrinking rain forest, rising sea levels, fossil fuels, war, drought, famine, equality for all including basic reproductive rights and the list goes on, Because Claudette may be the story to ignite their passions.
Highly, highly recommended ages 6 and up. This is an important book for children.
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