You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr., by Dean Robbins and Anastasia Magloire Williams, Scholastic Press, Jan. 7, 2025, Hardcover, $19.99, Paperback, $8.99 (ages 5-7)
Learn about civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. in You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr., by Dean Robbins and Anastasia Magloire Williams.
It’s Martin Luther King, Jr., like you’ve never seen him before!
Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to a trailblazer of the civil rights movement. The fourth book in an exciting nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr. focuses on Martin’s lifelong mission to ensure that African Americans gained their constitutional rights. —Synopsis provided by Scholastic Press
You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr. is written in first person, as if Martin Luther King, Jr. is speaking directly to you. The tone is conversational and has good pacing key to reading aloud. The story follows his life through his march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. An author’s note from Dean Robbins provides more information on Martin’s life. A timeline, glossary, and information on how to be more like Martin round out backmatter.
Robbins’ text is perfectly paired with Anastasia Magloire Williams’ comic illustrations, which make a broad subject like civil rights, more accessible for young readers.
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