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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (edition 2007)
by Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0786807148, Hardcover)In this elegant pictorial biography of Martin Luther King Jr., author Doreen Rappaport combines her spare, lyrical text with King's own words for an effective, age-appropriate portrayal of one of the world's greatest civil rights leaders. From King's youth, when he looked up to his preacher father and vowed one day to "get big words, too," to his death at a garbage workers' strike ("On his second day there, he was shot. He died."), Rappaport imbues the story with reverence.
Acclaimed artist Bryan Collier depicts his subject with stunning watercolor and collage illustrations, balancing glorious recreations of stained glass windows with some of the more somber images of peace marchers and the famous bus that pitched Rosa Parks into the civil rights movement. A brief chronology and bibliography provide additional resources for readers. Here is an exquisite tribute to a world hero. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter
(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:03:07 -0400)
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