Discover the Power of Dreams with I Have a Dream Book and CD

BHARAT L PATEL, DTM: Being a grandfather, I read the book to my Grandchildren! They were in awe listening the story and the words.

United States on Sep 12, 2022

Kathleen Wiese: I'm a teacher and read this book every year to my fifth grade students. It is actually written so that much younger students can understand it, but I love using it as a springboard for more advanced lessons on race and prejudice. I purchased several extra copies to give to my young nieces and nephews last February, because it is such a well-written, insightful book.

United States on Jun 19, 2021

D Thrasher: This was a great book for my grandchildren ( 6&8). Th e CD was terrific.

Canada on Jul 30, 2020

Amazon Customer: I bought this for my niece. It's so important for children to learn about our past. In a time where so much hate is going on in the world it's our responsibility as adults to educate the future of this nation to be accepting and loving to EVERYONE. And especially with a lot of the education of certain historical events because sugar coated in schools we have to do what we can to ensure a future where everyone is equal. This book is just one small step we can take as adults to help young people along.

United States on Jul 09, 2020

ScotFlower: Every classroom and every home-schooler should be reading this book and listening to this CD on MLK day. We need to remember what things used to be like verses what they are today. It is so easy to see the negative especially with 24 hour news..... but the truth is we have come so far already even if there is more to do. Frankly, I cannot wait to live in world where no one sees the color of your skin anymore, but judges you only on your character and what you choose to do with your life. I want MLK's dream to come true - don't you?

United States on Jun 19, 2020

Amazon Customer: Wonderful book with a powerful message from an incredible man.

Canada on May 26, 2016

FM: What a Fantastic idea- the speech, in it's entirety, on the accompanying CD was spine-tingling. The illustrations are beautiful. It's an excellent way to bring this amazing man's work to children.

United Kingdom on Apr 04, 2016

Ulf Ekhard: Das Buch ist nicht so besonders gestaltet - etwas kitschig. Aber die CD mit der berühmten Rede martin Luther King's begeistert immer wieder. Diese Rede ist auch ein gutes Lehrstück für jeden, der sich in Rhetorik perfektionieren will.

Germany on Oct 14, 2013

LizP: Wow. In 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most important speeches of the 20th century. It is called the "I Have a Dream" speech and it was delivered as part of the March on Washington, a march in support of civil rights for African Americans. This book pairs the words of the last third of the speech with Kadir Nelson's outstanding illustrations.

Nelson has won two Caldecott Honors, a Robert F. Sibert Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Award. In "I Have a Dream" he captures the power of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Nelson includes two head shots of Dr. King. The first is paired with "I have a dream today." The second is paired with "From every mountainside, let freedom ring." Both show the strength and intensity of Dr. King. Nelson also paints a two-page spread of a white hand and a black hand holding each other. It's hard to imagine a better way to visualize the meaning of the speech.

At the end of the book the entire speech is printed. The book also comes with a CD of the entire speech. It's remarkable to listen to the speech on the CD, notice when the book begins to pick up the words of the speech, and continue to...

United States on Oct 15, 2012