Be A King

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrator: James E. Ransome

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2018

Publisher’s recommended age: 5+

Explicitly linking elements of Dr. King’s life with a call for individual activism, this book reminds us that, from loving one another to standing up for social justice, no voice is too small to make an impact. The illustrator intersperses beautiful watercolour illustrations of King’s life with pictures of students engaging in a class project on social justice. Weatherford has said that she hopes her readers “understand that freedom was not free and that people of conscience must speak their minds and live their values.” In this book she reminds us that those ideals can be lived out at every age, and in many ways, big and small.

Available Languages: English