Let the Children March

by Monica Clark-Robinson

Book Overview

This powerful picture book introduces young readers to a key event in the struggle for Civil Rights. Winner, Coretta Scott King Honor Award.

In 1963 Birmingham, Alabama, thousands of African American children volunteered to march for their rights after hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. They protested the laws that kept black people separate from white people. Facing fear, hate, and danger, these children used their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544704525
• ISBN13: 9780544704527
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.2" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Gets my kids thinking

Beautiful illustrations and powerful words. It's so important to teach our children our history, and how we can and must do better. Amazing strength, my daughter (6) sees these children as heros to aspire to.