Martin's Big Words
Illustrator
Brian Collier
Publisher
Scholastic
Publication Year
2001
ISBN
9781423106357
Pages
40 pages
Genre
biography
Format
picturebook
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
A brief biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest figures in the American civil rights movement.
Grade Level
K-3
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Race discrimination; racism; prejudice; segregation
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
African American
Family Formation
none
Awards
Storytelling World Resource Award, 2003, Randolph Caldecott Medal, 2002, Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children, 2002, New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of the Yearr, 2001, Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2002, Great Lakes Great Books Award, 2004, Coretta Scott King Book Award, 2002, ABC Children's Booksellers Choices Award, 2002
Keywords
Baptists; civil rights workers; clergy; Martin Luther King Jr.
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Rappaport, Doreen, "Martin's Big Words" (2001). Diverse Families. 891.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/891