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Recommended Readings for Kids

Dear Dr. King

Dear Dr. King: Letters from Today's Children to Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Colbert, Jan, Ernest C. Withers, and Roy Cajero, eds.
New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 1998.

 

 


March On!

March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.

Farris, Christine King.
New York: Scholastic Press, 2008.

 


 A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Farris, Christine King.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003.


A Sweet Smell of Roses

A Sweet Smell of Roses.

Johnson, Angela.
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005.

 


My Daddy, Dr. martin Luther King, Jr.

My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

King, Martin Luther III.
New York: Scholastic Press, 2008.

 


Let It Shine

Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters.

Pickney, Andrea Davis. 
New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2000.

 


Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round

Nobody Gonna Turn Me 'Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement.

Rappaport, Doreen.
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2006.

 


Freedom on the Menu

Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins.

Weatherford, Carole Boston.
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2005.