Meet Martin Luther King, Jr.

Step-Up Books

by James Tertius de Kay

Leader of America's civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr inspired millsions of people to help change this country for the better. Historical book for young readers.

Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Chapter Books, African American, Biography Memoir

104 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 1969

About the author

James Tertius deKay is also the author of Monitor: The Story of the Legendary Civil War Ironclad and the Man Whose Invention Changed the Course of History and Chronicles of the Frigate Macedonian. He lives in Stonington, Connecticut.

Reviews

[Luisa Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

About the Step-Up Books
Published in the 1960s and 1970s, they serve as a follow up series for students who have surpassed the reading level of the I Can Read books. They are simply narrated and have short sentences. They are broken into chapters that consist of about three pages usually. Pictures are throughout.

For the reading level that this is geared for, they are written well. I enjoyed the stories and the facts I learned from them. A good source for additional reading material for your beginning reader and good books to use to graduate your child from picture books to something more substantial.

Ages: 5+
Reading Level: 2nd - 3rd grades
Pages: approx. 50-90
How many titles: 38
Illustrations: full of illustrations and photographs
Price Range: $2 – $40 depending on the title and its rarity.

Cleanliness: the word "n*gg*rs" is used twice.

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[Maria Bermejo]

My Favorite Book

The book I read was about Martin Luther King. I liked reading this because it has arguments about discrimination against African Americans which was from unfair laws. He believed in God because God says everybody has to be equal with no differences. He was minister of Baptist church. He fought without violence. It is easy to understand the new vocabulary. It has short chapters. The interesting history made me to continue reading. It gives me lot information the history in the past and gives me more enthusiasm to learn English. I learned many things. Most of that history has been writing in the past. I learned from him that nothing is impossible to get a dream and give animation to continue learn English and finish my college to get a better job also to help people who don’t understand English.

[100% dominican boy · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is about Martin Luther king, Jr when he grew up with his family and how smart he whas that at age 15 he won a areading contest arond united States and how he have change the world.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick easy read I did in under an hour - it's really a kid's book, but intelligentaly written for people of any age. A really good overview of MLK and his role in American history!

[LULU♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

My goal for this week was?
My goal for this week was to finsh the book Meet Martin Luther King,Jr. and now i am currently reading this book which i have been enjoying.

The main characters from the book Meet Martin Luther King,Jr. are Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scott and many other people. Martin Luther King was a very nice person he also really enjoy going out with his friends and dancing but he never whent out to fancy places. Coretta Scott is a very nice lady she also loved singing but she was having a hard problem if she wanted to married to Martin because she didnt want to give up her singing. she thought of what she would give up but she still got married to martin she also sang in the church that martin luther king spoke.

My goal for next week?
My goal for next week is to finish about two more books and keep on reading!.

[Micah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Martin Luther King, Jr. liked other black people and I'm glad that he helped them. The part I didn't like was that the white people didn't like the black people. Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted to start up a boycott on a bus and it worked, but a few weeks or months later the white people got very angry. They burned the buses and they popped the tires. The buses were all broken. I learned that everyone in the world should not hurt other people.
I liked learning about Martin Luther King, Jr. and how he helped the rights of black people. I want to help people too.

[reviewed by a 7 year old, typed by his mama]

[Leto · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Martin Luther King Jr. was a boy, he was going to the shop some days. He found a white boy and they played together but soon the white boy wasn't at the shop because he said he said he didn't like to play with Martin Luther King Jr. anymore. When he turned into a man he was very polite and believed in Jesus.

I liked this book because Martin Luther King Jr. because he taught about black and whites not fighting but to hold hands as brothers and sisters and he talked about Jesus.

[Review by a 7 year old, typed by his Mama]

[Arch · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very eductional book about Dr. Martin Luther King. I've read some things in this book that I didn't know about Dr. King, such as he skipped the 12th grade. He was a very smart man. He went to kindergarten prior to be five years old. He has even been in so many accidents and walked away, as if nothing happen.

I've also learn something about Jessie Jackson that I didn't know and that is, he ran for president in 1984 and 1988.

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I notice there is a revised edition of Meet Martin Luther King Jr, but the copy I owned and read multiple times was the original 1969 version. I'm pretty sure it was my first introduction to the civil rights leader, and I remember thinking he was a great man from the beginning. But I bet I would cringe if I read this book today, just because it was written completely from a white perspective.

[Lady reading under the Willow · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent intro to the civil rights movement, and a fairly simple but good biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. It touched on many events and topics that have stirred in us interest in learning more, so we've been supplementing this book with lots of picture books about the era and central people in it.

[Zac · Rating 5 out of 5]

The characterization is direct cause this book is about racism and this goes for everybody in the old days when their was racism and when blacks and whites didnt get along and martin luther king tried to stop racism and make everybody come together and have the same equal rights

[Gunther · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was an easy book to read

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[Lacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for young kids. I'm keeping it for when my boys get into school!

[Quincy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad for a children book, definitely recommend for kids.

[Alice · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was extremely short!

[Vishaal Bhatnagar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it on a whim! Good book for schools and families who want to introduce the ideals and values of human rights and non-violent resistance to teenage children.

[Hannah Shaffer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well this book helped me appreciate MLKJ much more than I had previously. The kids got very interested in this book and kept telling me to "read more."

[Holly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this for homeschool with my boys. A great resource and easy to follow for younger children.