Now in Dragonfly--from the acclaimed creator of the Caldecott Honor Book Tar Beach comes a personal and captivating portrait of the life of Martin ...
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Feb 09, 2012
Robert
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While this presents the story og MLK, I was put off by the structure of the book. The idea is that the storyteller had a dream of MLK. In the dream she apparently dreamt of specific events of the man's life. A retelling of a dream puts the reader on edge that what is presented may be fanciful. I think that does a disservice to MLK's life.
The events were presented straightforwardly. It is easy to understand. I am not a huige fan of the images, but there is nothing bad about them More...
The events were presented straightforwardly. It is easy to understand. I am not a huige fan of the images, but there is nothing bad about them More...
Jan 16, 2012
Rachel
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Amazing illustrations! Tells the story of Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement through a dream. In the dream, men, women, and children of all sizes, shapes, and colors are trading in bags of ignorance, hate, and prejudice for bags of love and kindness.
Feb 16, 2009
Laura
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This Faith Ringgold title presents key moments in the life of Martin Luther King. The content would be to read in connection with Martin's Big Words, that focuses on Martin's famous speech, but gives little information about his life.
Oct 10, 2011
Kara
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Wonderful book to introduce and delve into the history of America. Students will see first hand why we celebrate Martin Luther King Day. This book has great illustrations that help readers picture the events. LOVE!
Dec 17, 2011
Kayla
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This was not one of my favorite books about Martin Luther King Jr. It did have great illustrations. It would be a good book to read during black history month, or for Martin Luther King's birthday.
Jan 18, 2011
Sam
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I sort of liked it but I sort of didn't because it was so bad because the black people weren't really getting treated well. It made me feel bad.
Jan 17, 2012
Jennifer
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My four year old stayed attentive throughout the whole story and even asked her dad to stop singing out loud so she could hear better. I think it held her interest so well because it dealt with such foreign matters. It was a weightier book and I will wait to see if she requests to read it again. I'm interested to hear her thoughts on it. I don't know that she has ever conceived of the idea of one person being "better" than another. So I'm not sure if that even made sense to her.
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Dec 12, 2011
Bethann
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This is a great book to talk about history with students. I really enjoyed reading it and think others would also.
Jul 29, 2011
Catherine
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I really love the work of Faith Ringgold and making African American history available to kids
Nov 06, 2008
Mary
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I read this story to my class each year when we study Martin Luther King in January. Since MKL is the namesake of my school, students are all very intrigued with this story. It is graphic at times, but students are really able to connect with the story. The can imagine if they were at the I have a Dream speech and at other events with MLK. It is a touching story that can be used at grade levels 1-high school. Faith Ringgold is an amazing writer!
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