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    You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr. is excellent biography

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    By Jessica on February 12, 2025 ages 5 & up, biography, Black experience, Celebrating Diversity, nonfiction, picture books

    You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr., by Dean Robbins and Anastasia Magloire Williams, Scholastic Press, Jan. 7, 2025, Hardcover, $19.99, Paperback, $8.99 (ages 5-7)

    Learn about civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. in You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr., by Dean Robbins and Anastasia Magloire Williams. 

    It’s Martin Luther King, Jr., like you’ve never seen him before!

    Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to a trailblazer of the civil rights movement. The fourth book in an exciting nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr. focuses on Martin’s lifelong mission to ensure that African Americans gained their constitutional rights. —Synopsis provided by Scholastic Press

    You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr. is written in first person, as if Martin Luther King, Jr. is speaking directly to you. The tone is conversational and has good pacing key to reading aloud. The story follows his life through his march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. An author’s note from Dean Robbins provides more information on Martin’s life. A timeline, glossary, and information on how to be more like Martin round out backmatter.

    Robbins’ text is perfectly paired with Anastasia Magloire Williams’ comic illustrations, which make a broad subject like civil rights, more accessible for young readers.

     

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    Jessica Harrison is the reviewer behind Cracking the Cover. She loves books and worked as the in-house book critic at a daily newspaper, writing reviews and interviewing authors for two years. When the company cut back, she lost her position covering books, but that doesn't mean she stopped reading. If anything, the whole experience made her more passionate about reading and giving people the tools to make informed decisions in their own book choices. She has been featured on NetGalley's Blogger Spotlight and is on Kindleprenuer's Ultimate List of the Best Book Review Blogs. Contact her at jessica(at)crackingthecover(dot)com and follow Cracking the Cover on Bluesky, Instagram,  Facebook and Twitter (X) @crackingthecovr. You can also read scaled down reviews on Jessica's Goodreads review page. Jessica is also a reviewer on Amazon.

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