Doreen Rappaport
Hyperion Book CH, 2001
Pages: 40
Reading Level: 4-8
Genre: Non-Fiction/Biography
This book takes the authors words and follows them on nearly every page with quote by Martin Luther King Jr. It starts out with him as a young boy seeing "white only" signs all over the place. He asks him mother about it, and she simply tells him that he is as good as anyone. His father is a minister, and Martin wants to use "big words" like his father someday, so he grows up to be a minister too. Martin wanted to teach the people that the way to get what they wanted was not with violence, but with love. Throughout his life he "walked with people, talked with people, sang with them and prayed with them." He finally accomplished his goal, and segregation was abolished. Immediately after, Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.
I would recommend this book to teachers who are teaching their class about segregation and Marting Luther King. It would be a great book for them to read to their classes.
I can't think of any problems this book would cause.
My reaction: I read this book with my 10-year-old sister, and we both loved it. We had a good discussion about it. It has great educational value.
My rating: ****
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