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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential and gifted speakers of all time. Doreen Rappaport uses quotes from some of his most beloved speeches to tell the story of his life and his work in a simple, direct way. Bryan Collier's stunning collage art combines remarkable watercolor
This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his own words. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential and gifted speakers of all time. Doreen Rappaport uses quotes from some of his most beloved speeches to tell the story of his life and his work in a simple, direct way. Bryan Collier's stunning collage art combines remarkable watercolor paintings with vibrant patterns and textures. A timeline and a list of additional books and web sites help make this a standout biography of Dr. King.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Jump at the Sun
Published: 10/01/2001
ISBN: 9780786807147
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.32h x 10.24w x 0.39d
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Red Clover Award - Nominee
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Charlotte Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Jane Addams Children's Book Award - Winner
Award: Orbis Pictus Award - Honor Book
Award: Caldecott Medal - Honor Book
Award: Bookseller's Choice - Winner
Award: Coretta Scott King Award - Honor Book
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2001 pg. 1220
Booklist 10/01/2001 pg. 338
Publishers Weekly 10/08/2001 pg. 64
School Library Journal 10/01/2001 pg. 146
New York Times 11/18/2001 pg. 47
New York Times 12/02/2001 pg. 73
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2002 pg. 80
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2002 pg. 183
BookPage 02/01/2002 pg. 30
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2002 pg. 768
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2002 pg. 1238
Booklist 04/01/2002 pg. 1340
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 185 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 185 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 57412 / Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reading Level: 3.4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
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★★★★★ 4
A great read
Format: Kindle
Great stories from the fifties that I did not know existed until I opened this book. I hope there are more stories to come.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Just for Fun
You can't help, in reading these stories, remarking on how comics (and popular culture in general) reflect what we want on our minds and how we want to feel about ourselves.
Superman today is intense. He fights apocalyptic battles, and he sometimes loses! There's a lot at stake -- everything, EVERYTHING, lies in the balance. Superman himself seems literaly beyond human. In order to live the life of challenges he faces, he must be beyond the concerns of everyday life -- he can't really share in the life that the rest of us live.
Superman in the fifties lived in a much more comfortable, stable world, and his own life was much more continuous with ours. In these stories, he discovers that he is not alone -- his long last pal, Krypto, shows up, and he discovers his cousin, Supergirl. He has girlfriends -- Lana Lang and Lois Lane compete for his attention (without a lot of the psychological anxiety that Superman will face in the future over his inability to live a normal life and raise a normal family).
The villains, like Lex Luthor, aren't even purely evil -- they have their limits. Bizarro is not evil at all, just . . . dumb and amusing so long as Superman can repair any damage he does.
It's a little bit trivial to point out how comics reflect cultural reality, but . . . they do. It's fun to revisit the fifties here -- i suspect it's not so much an innocent age as one in which the story we told ourselves about ourselves (as in our Superman comics) was focused where we wanted it to be focused -- family, friends, the pleasures of everyday life.
But, putting aside all the sociology and pretenses of cultural history, these stories are just fun to read. It's not the Superman we know now, it's just different, a change of pace, fun.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2013
★★★★★ 5
Fun Times
Format: Kindle
Best Collection from my youth. Although I was not born until 1957, my dad's first cousin was an avid DC Comics collector, and these 1950s stories were the bulk of my experience of Superman during my 1960s childhood. Contrast the fight against fellow survivors of Krypton in this volume with that in Man of Steel. Here are the primary colors, can-do spirit, and ultimately optimistic view of science and the future so fondly remembered by older fans. In the end, there is probably no reconciling the angry countercultural gloom and discontent of modern comics with these gems of the past, but if as I you are sick to death of the politically correct socialism, these are a much needed breath of fresh air.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Superman stories from the fifties
Format: Paperback
A collection of Superman stories, I haven’t seen in decades. Wonderful.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2021
★★★★★ 5
Excellent superman action
Format: Paperback
Good stuff from end of the golden.age to silver age
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Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021
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