Coretta Scott King
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802738264
- ISBN: 0802738265
- ISBN: 9780802738271
- ISBN: 0802738273
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Physical Description:
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "My Sister Always Sang" -- Wowing The Crowd -- Saying Yes to Adventure -- Two Loves Combined -- The Freedom Concerts -- Women Power -- Sources and Further Reading -- Index. |
Target Audience Note: | Ages 6-9. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Kenton County.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | J B K52k (Text) | 33126021093897 | JBiography | Available | - |
Independence Branch | J B K52k (Text) | 33126021093905 | JBiography | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2015 August
Gr 2â5âKrull continues her series of trailblazing women. Presenting a fresh view and focusing on these individuals' determination and resulting achievements, the author adroitly tells their stories from birth to death. In Coretta Scott King, she emphasizes the woman's lifelong quest for equality and is candid, letting readers know that the civil rights leader and her husband disagreed on women's rights. The more difficult aspects of King's life, including a bombing at her home and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., are deftly presented. More informative than Ntozake Shange's Coretta Scott (HarperCollins, 2011) and more fluid than Melody S. Mis's Meet Coretta Scott King (Powerkids Pr., 2008), this book is an excellent introduction to the activist. In Mary Todd Lincoln, Lincoln is portrayed as a clever woman who used her intelligence to promote herself and her husband. Neither opposition from her family regarding her marriage nor the contempt she suffered from Abraham Lincoln's cabinet daunted her, as Krull makes clear. Despite the upbeat, positive tone, the author does not shy from the less pleasant aspects of Lincoln's life, including her arguments with her husband while she was redecorating the White House and her enforced confinement in a mental institution by Robert Todd Lincoln (from which she neatly managed her own release). Even if there were more titles about Mary Todd Lincoln for this grade range, this volume would still rank highly. Appropriate illustrations complement both texts. VERDICT Strong additions to biography collections.âMargaret Nunes, Gwinnett County Public Library, GA
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