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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.

Contents:

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.

Item details

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

Contents / Notes

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.
Subject:
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Juvenile poetry
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968 Juvenile literature
King, Martin Luther Jr 1929-1968
Civil rights workers United States Biography Juvenile poetry
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism
Civil rights workers
United States
Civil rights workers
Genre:
Biographical poetry.
Juvenile works.
Poetry.
Biographical poetry.

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  • 36 out of 38 copies are currently available at PINES. (Show)
  • 1 out of 1 copy are currently available at Southwest Georgia Regional Library System.

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