"Martin's Big Words"

Wow! That was the first thing that came to mind after having this book read to me. Martin's Big Words didn't didn't exactly use big words like his speech from jail did. But instead, Rappaport used small words like love, peace, and freedom to get the meaning across to a younger audience. These were words that Dr. King heard growing up as a child from his mother and his father's church sermans that he used to stand up for what was right. He used big words to show the equality between all races.

In addition to these big words, the illustrations by Bryan Collier were amazing. Each picture had so much detail and so many different meanings behind them. These illustrations exhibited at lease one, if not all three means of appeal. Our group noticed that in the pictures with windows, that there were little phrases, but they weren't complete thoughts. I thought that these could be some text from Dr. King's speeches or just some encouraging words. This was a great book, and I bought it for my nephew after having it read to me.