Monday, January 09, 2006

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We've been reading some books about Martin Luther King, Jr since his birthday will be celebrated next week. Here are the books we've enjoyed:
  • "Young Martin Luther King, Jr." by Joanne Mattern ("A Troll First-Start Biography)
  • "A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr." by David A. Adler
  • "Marin Luther King, Jr. and His Birthday" by Jacqueline Woodson
Movies:
  • Our Friend, Martin
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (a Great Americans for Children movie) by Schlessinger
"Our Friend, Martin" was a great movie and Alex watched it several times. This was a great movie, but I do think I should warn other parents. Although most of it is a cartoon, there are real news clips throughout the movie and some of them got a little graphic (ex. policemen spraying hoses at people). I fast forwarded through parts of it. But, I did think the movie did a great job explaining how racial relations used to be in the South and depicting Martin Luther King, Jr's life.

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