Dream march : Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington / by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrated by Sally Wern Comport.
Record details
- ISBN: 1101936703
- ISBN: 9781101936702
- Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2017]
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. "A history reader." |
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- 15 of 16 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
- 3 of 3 copies available at Trails Regional. (Show)
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Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Adair County Public Library | Reader JUV B King (Text) | 34029002553609 | Juv Biography | Available | - |
Bollinger County Library | E L3 NEL (Text) | 32713200009842 | Easy Level 3 | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | E 323.119 NEL 2017 (Text) | 0002205048339 | Easy Readers | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | E 323.119 NEL 2017 (Text) | 0002205048354 | Easy Readers | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Pleasant Hill | E 323.119 NEL 2017 (Text) | 0002205048362 | Easy Readers | Available | - |
Lebanon-Laclede County Library | Easy 323.1196 Nelson (Text) | 3803568951 | Easy Reader | Available | - |
Marshall Public Library | J 323.1196 NEL (Text) | 33391000401532 | ABC Easy Reader | Checked out | 05/01/2024 |
North Kansas City Public Library | J 323.119 NEL (Text) | 0001002312278 | JUV Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ray County Library | J 323 NEL (Text) | 2901768644 | Juvenile Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Scenic Regional-St. Clair | E NEL (Text) | 3005731707 | Easy Reader Fiction | Available | - |
School Library Journal Review
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , and the March on Washington
School Library Journal
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K-Gr 3-The narrative opens with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, then traces the March on Washington back to the 1950s and 60s when "black Americans organized and fought extra hard. Their fight was called the civil rights movement." Early protests and famous civil rights activists are mentioned, along with more information on King. The narrative eventually returns to the march and provides finer details about the day ("The marchers crowded the Mall's Reflecting Pool. Some took off their shoes and socks to soothe their feet in the cool water."). The text is surrounded by partial and occasional full-page illustrations. The artwork, done in muted tones with soft lines and washes of color, conveys the somberness of the mentioned events and depicts famous civil rights moments, protestors, marchers, politicians, and King with sensitivity. The text uses words and terms most emergent readers will know in a thoughtful and descriptive way. The author's note provides a paragraph on the 1964 signing of the Civil Rights Act. VERDICT A smart narrative and skillfully done illustrations make this introduction to Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement one all libraries will want to consider.-Tamara Saarinen, Pierce County Library, WA © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , and the March on Washington
Kirkus Reviews
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A complex piece of history is told in simple language.This nonfiction beginning reader highlights the role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the March on Washington on Aug., 28, 1963. It also features a constellation of other activists who fought for African-Americans' civil rights, some of whom the text names, such as gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, who often inspired Dr. King through song before he spoke, as at the march. Other activists appear only in the illustrations, and Comport leaves it to the reader to figure out who they are, such as the iconic image of Ruby Bridges being accompanied from William Frantz Elementary School by federal marshals in New Orleans and Rosa Parks sitting on a front bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama. Unlike Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier's Martin's Big Words (2001), this snapshot of Dr. King's life does not include his assassination, but it also does not sugarcoat conflicts endemic to the civil rights movement. On one page, while a young black man waits to be served at a lunch counter, four young white men surround him in anger. On another, Dr. King sits thoughtfully behind jail bars. Comport's artfully textured illustrations, rendered in muted colors, capture both the time period and the mood of these emotionally charged scenes well.An excellent text to introduce nascent readers to Dr. King's story. (author's note) (Informational early reader. 6-9) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.