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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHoliday House, Incorporated
ISBN-100823418030
ISBN-139780823418039
eBay Product ID (ePID)2533104
Product Key Features
Book TitleDr. Martin Luther King, Jr : a Historical Perspective
Number of Pages48 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Social Activists, People & Places / United States / African American, History / United States / 20th Century
IllustratorYes, Bootman, Colin
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorDavid A. Adler
Book SeriesA Holiday House Reader Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.2 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Grade FromKindergarten
Grade ToThird Grade
Dewey Decimal323
SynopsisFrom the Holiday House Reader series, this volume briefly introduces Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader. Adler points out not only King's childhood experiences with racism but also the values his parents taught him: self-respect, dignity in the face of injustice, and the power of ideas and words. This brief biography chronicles the main events of King's life and goes on to include his death and his legacy as "a powerful man of peace.", A Holiday House Reader.Beginning readers can learn about one of the outstanding Americans of the twentieth century.