The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Pinkney, Andrea Davis

Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation

40 pp. | Greenwillow/Amistad | October, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-082118-0 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Brian Pinkney. A guitar-playing hound sings of the Montgomery bus boycott. With creativity, heart, and style, the Pinkneys capture the feel of the time, culminating in the landmark Supreme Court decision. Brian Pinkney's illustrations, in deep blue and rich gold, eloquently express emotions. He sweeps colored inks onto clay board along with freely applied black swirls, touched lightly with his familiar scratchboard technique. Reading list.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2009