“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
image from Wikipedia
To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20th, I thought I would compile my previous posts on MLK day and the Civil Rights Movement. I hope these lists will be helpful if you are looking for a children’s book to celebrate MLK day or Black History Month in February.
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. with 3 Children’s Books
If you need just three books, I’ve chosen my favorite picture book, advanced picture book and chapter book to tell the story of the civil rights from three points of view. The great man himself in his own words. Ruby Bridge’s story as told by her child psychologist Dr. Robert Coles. And through the point of view of a Caucasian girl trying to figure out what was going on when her town pool closed to avoid desegregation.