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Wittenstein, Barry

A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

48 pp. | Holiday/Porter | August, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-4331-4 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-8234-4374-1
(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. This superbly executed picture book takes readers behind the scenes of the writing of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. The text--propulsive and suspenseful--follows King as he labored through the night. As he stepped up to the podium, at the urging of Mahalia Jackson, he put aside his prepared remarks and preached. Pinkney's loose-lined pencil and watercolor-washed illustrations, with some collage elements, are beautifully contemplative. Bib.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2019

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