Coretta: The Autobiography of Coretta Scott King. Coretta Scott King. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes. 2024. [January] 40 pages. [Source: Library] [nonfiction picture book, biography, autobiography, children's nonfiction]
First sentence: I was born on April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, at a time and in a place where everything I would eventually become was impossible even to imagine.
Premise/plot: This is a nonfiction picture book for children [and older readers.] It is adapted from a memoir or autobiography written by Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr.
My thoughts: Without a doubt librarians and teachers will pick this one up and push it, push it, push it. Is that a bad thing? Probably not. Just honestly saying that this is probably more a book adults will encourage children to choose instead of being one of those books that children will choose to pick up and read on their own. No judgment intended.
As an adult, I appreciated it. I definitely found the illustrations to be wonderful. I liked the text as well.
© 2024 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews
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