Random House is running a blog tour to celebrate the Civil Rights Movement and sent me a copy of I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr to read and review for them (thank you). It is available at your local bookstore now.
Dr. King has been dead many years now, but each year you hear his voice echo across the room during the anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. He was a man that truly believed in his cause and did all he could to encourage peaceful demonstrations. He still died before his time.
This book focuses on his speech and the nuances in it. The paintings are by Kadir Nelson and they reflect the time period and the crowds that came to listen to him speak. The text is abbreviated in the picture book section. The complete text is on the last two pages. And, even more impressive, there is a CD of that famous speech. You can let your child listen to 1963 and a time before they were born.
We need to share history so we can learn from it and only go forwards; never go back. It's all that can make life better.
Happy reading.
I'm Jo Ann Hakola, The Book Faerie, bookworm and bookseller. I have been selling books since January of 2000. It's a homebased business and I sell online only. Here is my website: http:www.bookfaerie.com I offer free shipping stateside. It's a one woman endeavor, and I love working for myself. I have over 6,000 books online now. I do book reviews from a reader's point-of-view and try to spread the magic of reading.
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