Children's Dept Reading Ideas for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr Day the library will be closed on Monday, January 19th. Before that happens here are some suggested books for kids about Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement. Keep in mind this is not a comprehensive list, for more titles stop by the children's department.

Non-Fiction

Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement by Ann Bausum

Freedom Walkers: the Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have a Dream Speech in Translation: What It Really Means by Leslie J. Holland

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose

Who was Rosa Parks? by Yona Zeldis McDonough 

Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison

Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Picture Books

We March by Shane W. Evans

March On!: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris

Martin and Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Doreen Rappaport

Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds

As Fast as Words Could Fly by Pamela M. Tuck

Fiction

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis

The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson