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The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.

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This little board book is the most beautiful and perfect book on Martin Luther King, Jr. I have ever seen as Dr. King's message is kept pure, untainted, clear and focused. The colors are soft and gentle, the words simple and easy. It is a perfect introduction to Dr. King, his life, his work as well as an introduction into human values such as respect and equality. It is never too early to begin educating children on such matters nor too late for adults to refresh their memories on these core matters especially as so many are waving flags: remember what those flags represent and the lessons of Dr. King. This little book can help any age do so...even you!

Parents quite often want to begin to teach their children about important aspects of
history and culture even at the earliest of ages. This book is the perfect avenue
through which parents can begin teaching their children about Martin Luther King and
the Civil Rights Movement.

Moore has done a superb job in writing a biography that is short, concise and easy to
understand. Even children with the shortest of attention spans can enjoy and understand
this book. Friendly illustrations will make this book even more pleasurable for
children. The boardbook format of this book makes it easy for children to handle
the book and even turn the pages without parents having to worry about the book being
damaged.

Reviewed by Stacey Seay
The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

This book is a great introduction to Martin Luther King Jr for toddlers/preschoolers. It helps explain to the youngest children not only important details about Dr. King's life but also serves as a starting point for discussing racism and prejudice. These topics are shown in ways that are very easy for a young child to understand--a nicer, newer playground for the kids at the white school--for instance. It does skip over Dr. King's assassination which I think is completely age appropriate. The illustrations are very cute as well. My 3 year old requests this book often.

Excellent book for children. My students were really engaged and it sparked so many great questions! Short, simple--but to the point!

For some reason I expected this to be a regular picture book. I was disappointed when I received it in the mail and saw it is just one of those tiny board books. The story and pictures themselves are okay, very age-appropriate for the younger ones, but it would be much nicer if it was a real book. Oops!

This is a good book. I purchased it for one of my lower functioning students. The students love the book because it gets the story across and it is easy read for the students that are lower functioning. Thank you.

This board book was a great intro to MLK for my children when they were young preschoolers (~3yrs). The message of prejudice is simple, plain to understand and relate-able (not getting to eat at any restaurant or dilapidated park) for young children. A good place to start.