Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** SchoolLibraryJournal
WE MARCH is brilliant. With 61 words and 32 pages of drawings, Shane Evans manages to capture the essence of the 1963 March on Washington.
The morning is quiet.
The sun rises
and we prepare
to march.
We pray for strength.
We work together.
We come from all over...
to march.
We follow our leaders.
We walk together.
We sing.
We are hot and tired,
but we are filled with hope.
We lean on each other
as we march to justice,
to freedom,
to our dreams.
What the images show are people walking in the dark. A family rising early to meet at a church where they and others make signs to take with on the buses that will take them to Washington, DC.
I love that all sorts of people are shown gathering for this purpose. Black and white. Male and female. Old and young. In wheelchairs and of different religions. I like this because it allows adults to expand upon the message that this wasn't just the beginning of equal rights for people of different races, but for women and religious minorities, as well for those who are handicapped.
Excellent book that can be shared across a range of ages.
Pam~
WE MARCH
by Shane W. Evan
Reading Information:
Word Count: 61
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 158349
Lexile: BR
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