The Children’s Book Review
Published: January 8, 2010
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—observed the third Monday of each year, around the time of his January 15 birthday—here is a list of outstanding books that represent nonviolent activism and the civil rights movement:
Child of the Civil Rights Movement
by Paula Young Shelton
(Ages 4-8)
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Doreen Rappaport
(Ages 4-8)
by Deborah Wiles
(Ages 4-8)
by Angela Johnson
(Ages 5-8)
by Robert Coles
(Ages 7-10)
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
by Bonnie Bader
(Ages 7-11)
by Ruby Bridges
(Ages 8-12)
Witnesses to Freedom: Young People Who Fought for Civil Rights
by Belinda Rochelle
(Ages 8-12)
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
by Christopher Paul Curtis
(Ages 9-12)
by Lynn Joseph
(Ages 10 and up)
The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place
by E.L. Konigsburg
(Ages 10-12)
by Rosa Parks
(Ages 12 and up)
Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
by Judith Bloom Fradin
(Ages 12 and up)
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Phillip M Hoose
(Teens)
Source of books: Publisher, Library, Bookstore
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