A Place to Land by Barry Wittenstein

A Place to Land by Barry Wittenstein

As a new generation of activists demands an end to racism, A Place to Land reflects on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and the movement that it galvanized.

Winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children
Selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Master List

Much has been written about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington. But there's little on his legendary speech and how he came to write it.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was once asked if the hardest part of preaching was knowing where to begin. No, he said. The hardest part is knowing where to end. It's terrible to be circling up there without a place to land.

Finding this place to land was what Martin Luther King, Jr. 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. But those famous words were never intended to be heard on that day, not even written down for that day, not even once.

Barry Wittenstein teams up with legendary illustrator Jerry Pinkney to tell the story of how, against all odds, Martin found his place to land.

An ALA Notable Children's Book
A Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title
Nominated for an NACP Image Award
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year
A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People
A Booklist Editors' Choice
Named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and School Library Journal
Selected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase

Waiting for Pumpsie and The Boo-Boos That Shook the World: A True Tale About an Accidental Invention (Really) are two of Barry Wittenstein's picture books. He lives in New York City and is earning a master's degree in childhood education at Hunter College. 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 are among the many honors bestowed upon legendary author and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. He has taught at Pratt Institute, the University of Delaware, and the University of Buffalo, and served on the National Council of the Arts. He is also a Trustee Emeritus of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. He currently resides in Westchester County, New York.

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ISBN 13	9780823443314
ISBN 10	0823443310
Title	A Place to Land
Author	Barry Wittenstein
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Holiday House Inc
Year published	2019-08-27
Number of pages	48
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.