From the Bookshelf of Unknown Books? - Let's Read Them Club!…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
Mar 30, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
read-childrens-books,
read-historical-fiction
I'm giving this book 4 stars, not so much for the text, which was poetic and spare, but for Eric Velazquez's outstanding black and white illustrations, with a touch of red in every picture. Two sisters sneak out to participate in a peaceful march with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I think this should have won a Caldecott or a Coretta Scott King Award! It's a fine tribute to the children who participated in these marches.
...more
