Monday January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. ,Day, so today I thought I’d share some interesting picture books about both the man and his mission in the Civil Rights movement.

• Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzallo and illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney
• Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marion Dane Bauer (My First Biography series by Scholastic)
• The Cart that Carried Martin by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Don Tate
• A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David A. Adler and illustrated by Robert Casilla
• Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Bryan Collier
• As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson and illustrated by Raul Colon
• My Uncle Martin's Big Heartby Angela Farris Watkins and illustrated by Eric Velasquez
• Martin and Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
• We March by Shane W. Evans
• I Have a Dream, with paintings by Kadir Nelson
• March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris and illustrated by London Ladd

For Older Kids

• If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King by Ellen Levine and illustrated by Anna Rich
• ho Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?by Bonnie Bader and illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf

See my Martin Luther King, Jr. book study

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