Kids Martin Luther King, Jr. Books

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming Monday, January 16, 2023!

Use this list to find recommended titles for children about Dr. King and his contributions to Civil Rights in the United States.

Updated November 17, 2022
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I am Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meltzer, Brad
Paper Book
The eighth biography in this New York Timesbestselling series features one of America's greatest civil rights heroes, Martin Luther King, Jr. As a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shocked by the terrible and unfair way African American people were treated. When he grew up...
Martin Luther King Jr.
Roop, Peter.
Paper Book
This series introduces primary readers to famous men and women through artwork and photos. Each of these carefully researched unauthorized biographies is supported by a variety of primary source material -- newspaper clippings, family photographs, correspondence -- designed to inform as well as...
Martin's Big words : the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rappaport, Doreen.
Paper Book
A Caldecott Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Honor Book, and New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book ● This "stunning, reverent" (School Library Journal) picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brings his...
A place to land : Martin Luther King Jr. and the speech that inspired a nation
Wittenstein, Barry
Paper Book
As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the movement that it galvanized. Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Selected...

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