Let the Children March

Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration2019

I couldn't play on the same playground as the white kids.
I couldn't go to their schools.
I couldn't drink from their water fountains.
There were so many things I couldn't do.
In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their civil rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their voices to change the world. Frank Morrison's emotive oil-on-canvas paintings bring this historical event to life, while Monica Clark-Robinson's moving and poetic words document this remarkable time.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9780544704527
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.20w x 0.40d
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book

Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2018
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 56
Publishers Weekly 10/23/2017
School Library Journal 11/01/2017 pg. 99
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2017 pg. 107
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 72
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 192336 / Let the Children March
Reading Level: 3.8 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5