Each year, on the third Monday of January, America honors the birth, life, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement during the mid-1950s. Want to learn more about Dr. King? Then check out these picture books!
- “Martin’s Big Words: the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” by Doreen Rappaport
- “Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You” by Carole Boston Weatherford
- “I am Martin Luther King, Jr” by Brad Meltzer
- “If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement” by Gwendolyn Hooks
- “Sit-in: How Four Friends Stood up by Sitting Down” by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- “A Sweet Smell of Roses” by Angela Johnson
- “Let the Children March” by Monica Clark-Robinson
- “A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr” by David Adler
- “Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song” by Andrea Davis Pinkney
-Contributed by Kelli