Books for Elementary Students - Available in our elementary libraries
For Martin Luther King Jr Day
I have a dream, by Martin Luther King Jr. Here in its entirety is the speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963. 
As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom, by Richard Michelson. Describes the experiences that influenced Martin Luther King, Jr., and Abraham Joshua Heschels's civil rights activism and discusses the friendship between the two men
Love will see you through : Martin Luther King Jr.'s six guiding beliefs (as told by his niece), by Angela Farris Watkins. The niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. reveals six timeless and universal principles that encompass the civil rights leader.
My Uncle Martin's words of love for America : Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece tells how he made a difference, by Angela Farris Watkins. Angela Farris Watkins, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr., recounts her uncle's work to promote racial equality and introduces key events during the civil rights era.
Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the Sanitation Strike of 1968, by Alice Faye Duncan. Inspired by the memories of a teacher who participated in the strike as a child, author Alice Faye Duncan reveals the story of the Memphis sanitation strike from the perspective of a young girl with a riveting combination of poetry and prose.
Martin's dream day, by Kitty Kelley. Explores the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech through historic photos and informative text.
Martin Luther King, Jr. : voice for equality!, by James Buckley Jr. This graphical biography tells the story of the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement.
For Holocaust Remembrance Day
Always remember me : how one family survived World War II, by Marisabina Russo. The author shares the story of how her grandmother, mother, and two aunts survived the Holocaust of World War Two and came to America to start a new life.
Fireflies in the dark : the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and the children of Terezin, by Susan Goldman Rubin. Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught art to children at the Terezin Concentration Camp. Includes art created by teacher and students, excerpts from diaries, and interviews with camp survivors.
What was the Holocaust? by Gail Herman. A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event--the Holocaust.
The underground reporters, by Kathy Kacer. Presents an account of two young Jews during World War II, John Freund and Ruda Stadler, and provides information on how they resisted Nazi oppression by forming their own a secret community center and a newsletter called, 'Klepy".
Remember WWII : kids who survived tell their stories, Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson. Combining eyewitness accounts with researched narrative and archival images, this book presents the experiences of children who survived World War II.
The secret of Priest's Grotto : a holocaust survival story, by Peter Lane Taylor. Relates the true story of how several Jewish families survived the Holocaust of World War II by hiding in the caves of western Ukraine for over three hundred days.
Hidden : a child's story of the Holocaust, written by Loïc Dauvillier. A grandmother shares the story of her experiences in WWII France with her grandchild in this graphic novel for young readers.
Anne Frank : witness to history! By Mark Shulman. The biography--in graphic novel format--of the courageous girl who hid with her family from Nazi occupants in Amsterdam, living for two years in a secret annex behind a bookcase.

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