This simple yet powerful book describes the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Throughout the book are poignant quotes from Dr. King’s speeches during the civil rights movement, such as “Love is the key to the problems of the world.” An artful blend of watercolor and paper collage shows the life of Martin as a young boy, learning about peace from his parents, through adulthood, marching with protesters.
As the only living relative who remembers him as a child, Christine King Farris felt it important to share stories of her childhood with her brother, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This book tells a first-hand story of the playful young Dr. King growing up in Georgia and realizing the injustice of segregation. The watercolor illustrations bring life to Farris’s tales of loving family, playful neighborhood pranks, and “M. L.’s” budding desire to help “turn the world upside down.”
