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Martin rising : requiem for a King  Cover Image Book Book

Martin rising : requiem for a King

Pinkney, Andrea Davis (author.). Pinkney, J. Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary: In a rich embroidery of visions, musical cadence, and deep emotion, Andrea and Brian Pinkney convey the final months of Martin Luther King's life -- and of his assassination -- through metaphor, spirituality, and multilayers of meaning.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0545702534
  • ISBN: 9780545702539
  • Physical Description: 127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127).
Formatted Contents Note: Henny Penny prelude -- Daylight. Sparkling-eyed child -- Happy Birthday, Daddy! -- Forcing forsythia -- Valentine -- Come -- Early signs of spring -- Roar! -- Weather news, baseball blues -- Kings in Memphis -- Smothered -- Shattered -- Still standing -- Sky truth -- Bravura bird -- Darkness -- Foreboding -- Home away from home -- Fever -- Storm -- Heaven's railroad -- Mine eyes have seen -- Sleep -- Day breaks -- Pillow fight! -- Soul fixin's -- Quick-strange! -- Powerless (time-out of time) -- Compass -- Pronouncement -- Chaos -- Baby James -- Unsolved history -- Desperate questions -- Lamentation -- Quiet storm -- Daddy -- Pilgrimage -- Dawn. Good Friday -- Easter Sunday -- Rejoice the legacy -- Author's reflections -- Artist's reflections -- Now is the time -- Time line -- 1968 time line for Martin Rising -- Sources -- Acknowledgments.
Target Audience Note:
Middle School
730 Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Level 4.8.
Subject: King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Juvenile poetry
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Poetry
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Poetry
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Poetry
African American civil rights workers Biography Juvenile poetry
Civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile poetry
African Americans Civil rights History Juvenile poetry
Civil rights workers
JUVENILE NONFICTION Biography & Autobiography Social Activists
JUVENILE NONFICTION People & Places United States African American
JUVENILE NONFICTION Social Topics Prejudice & Racism
African American civil rights workers
African Americans Civil rights
Civil rights workers
United States
Genre: Picture books.
Biographical poetry.
Poetry.
Juvenile works.
History.
Biographical poetry.
Laments.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library J 811.6 PINKNEY 2018 39851001480996 Children's Non-fiction Copy hold Available -


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