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heisereads's review against another edition
4.0
Strong retelling of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life of advocacy, equality, and peace. His message of loving the enemy over violence being the only way to achieve justice was repeated throughout. Powerful illustrations in a unique style add to the weight of the topic. Some interesting facts are included that I did not know about before. Includes a timeline on the inside back cover pages. Could be used as a good lead in as an overview for understanding the life of King and what he stood for, thus allowing students a way to ease into the topic and gain background knowledge before laddering to more in depth books.
amygo's review against another edition
4.0
The fact that Walter Dean Myers wrote this book was an additional incentive for many of my 7th graders to follow along to my read aloud of it. I could tell today too that, Martin Luther King Jr. is still a powerful role model for young generations. One girl at the end of class asked me about community service opportunities in the city.
I read this today, the Friday before our long weekend due to honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. I used it to help model how I sometimes think of questions about characters or people I read about. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life is legendary, but I still feel like I hardly know about the range of work he did. I like how this book uses the march with sanitation workers to begin and end the story. It allowed me to ask questions about how Martin Luther King Jr. was able to be determined to remain nonviolent and speak for injustices dealing with racism and poverty.
I read this today, the Friday before our long weekend due to honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. I used it to help model how I sometimes think of questions about characters or people I read about. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life is legendary, but I still feel like I hardly know about the range of work he did. I like how this book uses the march with sanitation workers to begin and end the story. It allowed me to ask questions about how Martin Luther King Jr. was able to be determined to remain nonviolent and speak for injustices dealing with racism and poverty.
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