Review By JESSICA ALMY This lovely book is more about empathy than religion. A boy awakens in the middle of the night to realize he forgot to say his prayers. He kneels and prays for people without homes, for an end to war, for the sick to be healed, and for the hungry to be […]
Entries Tagged as 'Eric Velasquez'
Beautiful Moon: A Child’s Prayer
February 4th, 2015 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Early Elementary·Empathy·Eric Velasquez·Homelessness·Hunger·Picture Books·Prayer·Preschoolers·Tonya Bolden·War
My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart
August 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Angela Farris Watkins recounts her childhood memories of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the forthcoming book, My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart. Her recollections are warm and personal, and give children an opportunity to understand what motivated one of the most successful social justice movements of the 20th century. Eric Velasquez’s portrait-like […]
Tags: Activism·Angela Farris Watkins·Civil Rights·Early Elementary·Eric Velasquez·Martin Luther King·Preschoolers·Social Justice