Name: Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You - Hardcover
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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You - Hardcover

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Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You - Hardcover

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by Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

Children's Literature Legacy Award winner and Young People's Poet Laureate Carole Boston Weatherford and award-winning illustrator James E. Ransome use key moments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life to inspire future generations to stand up for what's right, make the world a better place, and be a King.

You can be a King. Stamp out hatred. Put your foot down and walk tall.
You can be a King. Beat the drum for justice. March to your own conscience.

Featuring a dual narrative of the key moments of Dr. King's life alongside a modern class as the students learn about him, this engaging story highlights principles that readers today can emulate in their own lives. As times change, Dr. King's example remains, encouraging a new generation of children to take charge and change the world . . . to be a King.

Author Biography

Two-time NAACP Image Award winner Carole Boston Weatherford has authored many children's books, including the Newbery Honor winner Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom and the Caldecott Honor winners Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Freedom in Congo Square. She is a professor at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
www.CBWeatherford.com.

James E. Ransome has illustrated many picture books including the Coretta Scott King Award-winner The Creation, the Coretta Scott King Honor-winner Uncle Jed's Barbershop and This is the Rope by Jacqueline Woodson. James was also one of the collaborators on Our Children Can Soar, which won the NCAAP Image Award. He lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with his wife.
www.jamesransome.com

Number of Pages: 40

Dimensions: 0.4 x 11 x 8.8 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: January 02, 2018

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Quiz Name: Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You

Interest Level: Lower Grades, K-3

Reading Level: 2.1

Point Value: 0.5