The Watsons go to Birmingham- 1963

This book was one of my favorite books that I read in elementary school and is still on of my favorite books today. I like the fact that the book focuses on an event in black history that many people may not know about, the church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 in which four little girls died and many other were injured. I think that this book is great for students to read because it gives them insight into what the world looked like years ago and it will give them a greater appreciation for the privilages they have today. I also like this book because many of the books that are made about Black History focuses on the things that were happening to adults and fail to recognize that children existed during this madness too. I think the book does a good job of provoking every emotion and it a great book for students to excerise thier imaginations.