Name: Thrive! NCHE Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-05-22T00:00:00-05:00
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Tagged: Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King jr, Martin Luther King Junior, MLK

This topic has 4 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 3 months ago by Rachel White.

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January 16, 2014 at 11:49 pm
jenn
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I looked on the book finder and no luck. Any good suggestions? I have a 3 year old and a 6 year old. Thanks!
January 17, 2014 at 2:31 am
Rachel White
Participant
Most of this will go over your 3 yr. old’s head, but your 6 yr. old can absorb the basics.
As Good as Anybody: Martin Luther King and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom:
http://www.amazon.com/As-Good-Anybody-Abraham-Heschels/dp/0375833358/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1389924046&sr=8-1
I Have a Dream (Book & CD) : http://www.amazon.com/I-Have-Dream-Book-CD/dp/0375858873/ref=pd_sim_b_6
There are some books by his sister, Christine King Farris.
The Cart That Carried Martin – Eve Bunting (great author with beautiful illustrations)
Heroes in Black History: True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes – Dave and Neta JAckson
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Picture Book Biography) (Picture Book Biographies) – David Adler
I’d suggest some poetry from Langston Hughes and Phyllis Wheatley and introducing your oldest to King’s forebearers (of which there are good, young people bios available from Russell Freedman, Cheryl Harness, others) such as:
Frederick Douglass
Langston Hughes
Phyllis Wheatley
Booker T. Washington
G. W. Carver
Harriet Tubman
Benjamin Bannekar
HTH
January 18, 2014 at 1:37 am
jenn
Participant
Thanks so much! That was a great help!!
January 18, 2014 at 2:28 am
ServingwithJoy
Participant
Great list! Thank you!
January 19, 2014 at 12:51 am
Rachel White
Participant
You’re welcome. I don’t know if any of these are written in a way to promote propaganda for certain political movements, using MLKJr. for their own purposes, so use your discretion when reading a book about him.
Unfortunately, many children’s books now-a-days do that type of thing (see post on Berenstain bears concerning anti-bank messages). Instead of presenting characters with principles, they indoctrinate with what and how they should think.
Okay, getting off soap box now…