My brother Martin:  A sister remembers growing up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Christine King Farris and Chris Soentpeit [ill.].  New York:  Simon and Schuester for Young Readers, 2003.

ISBN-13:  9780689843877

ISBN-10:  0689843879

Illustrator:   Chris Soentpiet

Media:  Oil paint and watercolor

4Q/4P

Curricular connection:  Civil Rights. Teaching parallels between Black History Month and the Civil Rights can be connected by using biography’s such as, My Brother Martin:  A Sister Remembers Growing Up With the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Through My Eyes.  These books would provide the student’s with an example of the personal struggles individuals had and witnessed during the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement.  

Reading level:  6^th grade

Annotation:  Christine King Farris tells the story of her brother Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement of the 1960s.  Farris expresses the love that her family shared and how the family’s support gave her brother the inspiration to transform society.

KRF 7/28/09