Entertainment Weekly, December 5, 2012:
“This picture book stands a notch above others thanks to Caldecott Honor winner Kadir Nelson’s beautifully rendered and sincerely moving paintings.”
School Library Journal Best of Children’s Books 2012
Publishers Weekly Best of Children’s Books 2012
Kirkus Reviews Best of Children’s Books 2012
Starred Review, School Library Journal, November 2012:
“Even after 50 years, this seminal address still has the power to move listeners, and this handsome illustrated version will be welcomed in all collections.”
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, September 24, 2012:
“A glorious interpretation of a bedrock moment in 20th-century history.”
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, May 15, 2012:
“An award-winning artist captures the passion and purpose of this most notable 20th-century American speech in beautifully realized oil paintings…. A title for remembrance and for re-dedication to the dream.”
