Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr.
He lives in Westchester, New York..
He served on the National Council of the Arts, is a Trustee Emeritus of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, and has taught at Pratt Institute, the University of Delaware, and the University of Buffalo.
Legendary author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney\'s many accolades include the Caldecott Medal, five Coretta Scott King Awards, five Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, four New York Times Best Illustrated Books, and four gold medals from the Society of Illustrators.
He is pursuing a Masters in Childhood Education at Hunter College and lives in New York City.
About the Author: Barry Wittenstein is the author of several picture books, including Waiting for Pumpsie and The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really) .
Barry Wittenstein teams up with legendary illustrator Jerry Pinkney to tell the story of how, against all odds, Martin found his Place to land.
But those famous words were never intended to be heard on that day, not even written down for that day, not even once. struggled with, alongside advisors and fellow speech writers, in the Willard Hotel the night before the March on Washington, where he gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. "It\'s terrible to be circling up there without a Place to land." Finding this Place to Land was what Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hardest part is knowing where to end.
No, he said. was once asked if the hardest part of preaching was knowing where to begin.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Find out more in this gripping book with illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Jerry Pinkney.
But there\'s little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it. and the 1963 March on Washington.
Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr
