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My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Farris, Christine King (Author), Soentpiet, Chris (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0689843887     ISBN-13: 9780689843884
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2005
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Annotation: "Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down."

Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated south of the 1930s taught young Martin a bitter lesson -- little white children and little black children were not to play with one another. Martin decided then and there that something had to be done. And so he began the journey that would change the course of American history.


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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Religious (see Also Religious - Christian - Bio
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - United States - African-american
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2001044681
Physical Information: 0.15" H x 11.95" W x 9.95" (0.47 lbs) 40 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Holiday - M.L. King Day
- Locality - Atlanta, Georgia
- Geographic Orientation - Georgia
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region - South
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 64452
Reading Level: 5.0   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:
Renowned educator Christine King Farris, older sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., joins with celebrated illustrator Chris Soentpiet to tell this "outstanding" (School Library Journal) and inspirational story of how one boyhood experience inspired a movement that would change the world as we know it.

Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down.

Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated south of the 1930s taught young Martin a bitter lesson--little white children and little black children were not to play with one another. Martin decided then and there that something had to be done. And so he began the journey that would change the course of American history.


Contributor Bio(s): Farris, Christine King: - Christine King Farris is the sister of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the only surviving member of the King family. She is the author of the children's book My Brother Martin and has been on the faculty of Spelman College since 1958. She lives with her husband in Atlanta.Soentpiet, Chris: - Chris Soentpiet (pronounced: soon-peet) is a recipient of a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators; has received accolades from the International Reading Association, Parents magazine, the American Library Association, the School Library Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Smithsonian; and has been recognized by the American Society of Portrait Artists Foundation. When not painting, Chris visits schools across the country promoting the love of children's literature and the arts. An honor graduate from Pratt Institute of Art, he lives in New York City with his wife. To learn more about Chris, visit his Web site at Soentpiet.com.