A review by calistareads
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange

4.0

Lovely book. This is a simple telling of a big life. It makes me want to know more about this woman and what really made her tick. Ntozake uses poetry to tell his story. The artwork is also stunning. It feels overly simply and it it meant for young children K-3rd grade. It starts out with Coretta having to walk 5 miles to get to her school while the white kids had a bus. The injustice pops.

The kids were into this story. They have had several books on MLK so they put these two together quickly.

I saw people rave about Kadir Nelson and I might need to check out more by her.