When Thunder Comes : Poems for Civil Rights Leaders (Hardcover)

from aehunter

When Thunder Comes, Poems for Civil Rights Leaders, by J. Patrick Lewis, is a collection of poems about civil rights leaders. Each individual poem is written in an unnamed leaders voice, and point of view, that is until you reach the bottom of the page and see who the poem is truly about. Located...

from K_Rodriguez

This poetry book has some very amazing poems that are being narrated by activists of many different types, standing for what they believe in. In this book there are poems about people such as Mohandas Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Dennis James Banks. In these poems we are briefly told what they wen...

from Atroesch

Understanding that sometime poetry can explore difficult and emotional topics is key in the appreciation of this title. I think this would be a great addition to a unit in poetry or history.

from Sullywriter

A stirring collection of poems about global peacemakers and social activists, quite a few lesser-known but worth knowing. Brief biographical sketches follow the poems. A good collection of contributing illustrators, too,

from LeslieMuir

When Thunder Comes is a collection of poems all about civil rights leaders from around the world. Each poem describes their work and their opinion about the cause they are fighting for. These very real people, such as MLK and Gandhi, are displayed drawn on the opposite page in a colorful illustra...