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.