Clayton, Ed Martin
Luther King: The Peaceful Warrior, 113 pgs.
Illustrated by Donald Bermudez CHAPTER BOOK
Candlewick Press, 2017.
$16.99 Content: PG.
Martin
Luther King, Jr. was raised in Atlanta by a loving family who taught him to be
proud of their heritage. Martin’s parents were examples that set his ideals of
freedom and fairness. As Martin grew up
he received an education and felt a connection with Gandhi’s ways of nonviolent
protests. As tension grew in the United
States, the people were looking for a leader and King was willing to take the
lead. He was an amazing man who wanted
equality and freedom for everyone and set an example and led with love and
peace.
This is a great biography that
highlights King’s accomplishments. I
liked that there was a balance of his childhood and education as well as his
years as a leader because it is more appealing to the younger readers. The rating is PG because there are acts of
violence such as people getting sprayed with the fire hose, King’s
assassination and the bombing of churches and King’s house. Although they aren’t described in detail, it
is upsetting that it happened. As for age group-older grades can learn from this book as well, but it is a chapter book.
EL, MS –
ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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