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In honor of Dr. King, I purchased this glorious book for our classroom library:
The book contains a synopsis of the speech, the full text of the speech and a CD of Dr. King's stirring speech. Of course, accompanying all that are the stunning illustrations by Kadir Nelson:
And, in honor of our President, I also purchased:
This beautiful, lyrical book pays homage to thirteen groundbreaking Americans, from Georgia O'Keeffe to George Washington. Here is my favorite page:
These are the two books I pulled from our shelves to display at the front desk this morning...
ReplyDeleteI love Long and Nelson's art. I will have to get these books from the library and spend some time with them.
ReplyDeleteI Love this Kadir Nelson book. He is amazing! Great choices.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen all the Kadir Nelson book, but some & it's lovely. But I really love Of Thee I Sing, can't wait to get it a few years from now for my granddaughters. It's so special. You are wonderful to buy these for your class, Tara. I wonder if others realize how much teachers spend for their students?!
ReplyDeleteJust saw snippets of Barak Obama on our news as he was inaugurated. He speaks well and that book to his daughters looks like one to I'd like to pursue. We non Americans admire Barak Obama!
ReplyDeleteSuch timely gorgeous books. I am a huge huge fan of Kadir Nelson - did you know that he's coming here to Singapore for a talk on February? Bound to be fun. Sadly, I'd miss it. :( Too many things going on at the same time. The Loren Long book also looks real nice. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat recommendations, Tara. Aren't the illustrations wonderful?!
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