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Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

My Brother Martin

Book Title: My Brother Martin

Author(s): Christine King Farris

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Chris Soentpiet

Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks

Copyright Date: 2003

Genre: Biography

Brief Annotation: Christine King Farris tells stories of growing up with a brother that changed the world forever. M.L., as his sister refers to him, was just like every other boy growing up. He loved to play and was mischievous. He had friends that were white until one day they would no longer play with him. This was hard for M.L. to understand but his mother explained it as best as she could. Christine says she remembers her brother saying, “Mother Dear, one day I’m going to turn this world upside down.” And one day he did. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. became one of the most influential people during the Civil Rights Movement and his dream lived on forever in the hearts of people everywhere.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5 – This book shows a different perspective of a man who was very influential in the history of our country. It shows MLK, Jr.’s struggles growing up in segregation and how that impacted his fight for a change. This is from a first hand point of view, his sister’s. She tells the true stories of his life as she remembers it.

Readers who will like this book: Children who like books that are slightly wordier. Anyone who is interested in historical information would enjoy this book.

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp: A good teaching strategy that can be used with this book would be Questioning the Author from Tompkins (pg. 88-89). This allows a teacher to assess comprehension and students to explore their inquiry about what it was like to grow up with such a historical figure. The students could ask the queries and write a letter to Christine King Farris and the teacher can send them in. It may be possible to get a response from her.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: What words come to mind as you think of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Optional, but noted as extra effort:

1. Interest Level (age): 4 – 7

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.1

3. List awards: NAACP Image Award Winner, A Child Magazine Best Book of The Year

4. Does this book have a book trailer? No

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