January
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
We honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with these special books.
Coretta Scott King
First Lady of Civil Rights (Part of Childhood of Famous Americans)
By: George E. Stanley
Illustrated by: Meryl Henderson
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publication date: December 16, 2008
Ages: 8 - 12
Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeÊof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism. She also received many awards and honorary degrees. But before she did all of...
Other Formats: eBook
Martin's Dream
(Part of Ready-to-Reads)
By: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by: Amy June Bates
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: November 25, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech that proclaimed that it was time - long overdue - for all men to be treated as equals. Today his beliefs are more important than ever, and author Jane Kurtz explains Dr. King's...
Martin Luther King Jr.
(Part of 10 Days)
By: David Colbert
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: November 25, 2008
Ages: 8 - 13
You're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, including
His faith in peace leads to a surprising protest.
Police injustice shocks the nation awake.
A personal sacrifice...
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King's Courage
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: David Wenzel
This edition: eBook, 112 pages
Publication date: June 17, 2008
Ages: 7 - 10
Get out the vote!
It's another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo -- they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: December 26, 2007
Ages: 4 - 6
When Mrs. Conner's class learns about a great man, they discover their own dreams and hopes for a better world!
King's Courage
(Part of Blast to the Past)
By: Stacia Deutsch and Rhody Cohon
Illustrated by: David Wenzel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
Publication date: December 27, 2005
Ages: 7 - 10
Get out the vote!
It's another exciting Monday for Abigail, Zack, Jacob, and Bo -- they are going to jump back to the past to meet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! The kids need to convince Dr. King not to get discouraged and...
Other Formats: eBook
A Sweet Smell of Roses
By: Angela Johnson
Illustrated by: Eric Velasquez
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 30, 2004
Ages: 5 - 8
There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice. Inspired by countless children...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
A Lesson for Martin Luther King Jr.
(Part of Ready-to-read COFA)
By: Denise Lewis Patrick
Illustrated by: Rodney S. Pate
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: December 2, 2003
Ages: 5 - 7
Level 2: Reading Independently
• More complex stories
• Varied sentence structure
• Paragraphs and short chapters
Young Martin Luther King Jr. is having some problems with his best friend, Bobby. First,...
My Brother Martin
A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Christine King Farris
Illustrated by: Chris Soentpiet
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2003
Ages: 6 - 11
"Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."
Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Walking to the Bus-Rider Blues
By: Harriette Gillem Robinet
Illustrated by: Raul Colon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2002
Ages: 8 - 12
"Oh, I'm singing the bus-rider blues,
the Alabamy bus-rider blues.
I got me a feeling, deep down inside,
It ain't never ever gonna be the same."
During the Alabama bus boycott, six months after Rosa Parks made her famous bus...
My Brother Made Me Do It
A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Part of Frightmares)
By: Peg Kehret
This edition: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
Publication date: August 28, 2001
Ages: 8 - 12
Oh, BRRRRROTHER!
Hi. I'm Julie Welsh. My nine-year-old brother is always cooking up schemes...and I get blamed. Because I'm older. Eleven, to be exact. But Frankie has his good points too, as I told Mrs. Kaplan, my...
If a Bus Could Talk
The Story of Rosa Parks
By: Faith Ringgold
Illustrated by: Faith Ringgold
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: November 1, 1999
Ages: 5 - 8
If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
