Johnny Ray Moore

This small board book takes the reader through the life of Martin Luther King Jr. as a boy and into his adult life. Martin's parents are depicted as gentle folk who comply with the laws that restrict where they can go and eat. Martin feels anger and his parents help him deal with it. As he grows into adult life, he trains for the ministry and begins to influence large crowds of people.

Martin is shown as a happy child except for the areas in which he faced discrimination. Martin appears to be show more a child of a prosperous, well educated black family with his mother a teacher and his father a preacher. But it also shows that Martin experienced discrimination.

I think the book is beautifully done in lively detail and softened colors with well written text that doesn't overcome the young listener. I think age appropriateness would be in the first through third grade range and not necessarily for preschoolers.

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This little boardbook uses only approximately 200 words to tell about the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to explain, in simple terms, how he ended segegation in America.

In Meet Martin Luther King Jr. the pictures in the story help to provide key information for the reader. While the text is very descriptive, the hand draw pictures help to bring the text to life. Especially for young readers, these pictures help students accurately understand what things look like, during the civil rights movement.

This book is a great book for all children to read. It supports a great message of equality and has beautiful color pencil and watercolor illustrations. It is also a board book that small children can handle without damaging the pages. The story of MLKJr is simplified for children, but still contains great facts. I would recommended this story!