Author: Walter Dean Myers
Illustrator: Leonard Jenkins
Genre: Biography
Grade level: PK-3
I've Seen the Promised Land: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a biography of the life of one of the most celebrated African American men to date. This book tells the story of how he led African Americans in their pursuit for equality, rights, and true freedom.
Leonard Jenkins's illustrations are beautiful paintings that are detailed to look as realistic as the man himself. The images are very vivid and moving. The images do a great job of recreating the feel of the 1960s through the use of striking color choices.
I would suggest this book for students who are young readers from pre-schoolers up to third grade. Children begin to learn of the history of the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. even in preschool. This book would be a great introduction into those topics. It contains many great details of his life and the amazing things he did to create equality.
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