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The Cart That Carried Martin Paperback – Picture Book, November 6, 2018
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Eve Bunting focuses on the funeral procession of Dr. King, beginning with the two men who found the cart to carry him through the streets of Atlanta. After painting it green, two mules named Belle and Ada are hitched to the cart where Dr. King’s coffin is placed. Tens of thousands of mourners gather as the cart makes its way to Ebenezer Baptist Church, and then past the Georgia state capitol to Morehouse College. All the while, crowds of people pay their respects by singing songs of hope.
Bunting’s thoughtful, well-chosen words, coupled with Don Tate’s soft colors provide the reader with a sense of hope and reverence, rather than the grief and despair one might expect.
Back matter includes a brief introduction to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work, assassination, and funeral, accompanied by a full-color historical photograph of the real cart, drawn by Belle and Ada.
- Reading age6 - 9 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 4
- Lexile measure570L
- Dimensions10.51 x 0.15 x 9.49 inches
- PublisherCharlesbridge
- Publication dateNovember 6, 2018
- ISBN-101580893880
- ISBN-13978-1580893886
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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Then two men came along.
"This is exactly what we're looking for," one said. "We'll buy it."
But the store was closed.
They came by again.
The store was still closed.
"We'll borrow it," the first man said.
"We can't do that," the other replied.
"We can. We'll bring it back when he's finished with it."
A truck was brought to take away the cart. Friends painted it green.
"It's the color of grass when it rains," a woman said.
"He would like that," said a man.
The cart was moved again and parked at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Waiting.
Two mules were hitched to the cart. The mules' names were Belle and Ada.
"Ordinary mules for an ordinary funeral," the people told one another. "That was what he wanted."
"The mule is a symbol of freedom," someone said. "Each slave got a mule and forty acres when he was freed."
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- Publisher : Charlesbridge; Reprint edition (November 6, 2018)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1580893880
- ISBN-13 : 978-1580893886
- Reading age : 6 - 9 years
- Lexile measure : 570L
- Grade level : 1 - 4
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 10.51 x 0.15 x 9.49 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #429,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the author
Eve Bunting has written more than 200 books for children, many of which can be found in libraries around the world. Her other Clarion titles for very young readers include My Big Boy Bed, which was also illustrated by Maggie Smith, and Little Bear's Little Boat, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter. She lives in Pasadena, California.
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2015I loved this book, particularly as a way to share Martin Luther King with younger children who may be sensitive to the more troubling issues that surrounded him - this story lifted up his spirit and heart, his love for the poor and for nonviolence, and showed the loyalty and love that so many had for him, while not getting too deep into the violence of the times, or even explaining very much about racism (There is a time for teaching/discussing that, but I think some of those things would be very troubling for a preschooler for example). I left out the line about the mules after reading the comments here about it being inaccurate. The rest of the book, I really treasured and my kids seemed to understand for the first time why Dr. King is so important.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013A fascinating look into a little-known aspect of history. With sparse, lyrical prose, Bunting tells the story of a cart that was transformed into an important part of MLK's funeral procession. Poignant and compelling.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018Marvelous book. Good sense of history. Leads to fantastic classroom discussions in upper elementary grades
- Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016I'm sure glad that there were quotation marks around the word "borrowed" because plain and simple, that wagon was stolen from in front of Cook's Antiques. My husband's family owned that old farm wagon and his family was never contacted about the wagon until after it was returned. There was plenty of time to contact the Cooks, as the Cooks only lived a few blocks away from the antique shop, but it seems that it is always easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission.
Then for those men to paint something that did NOT belong to them is outrageous. Just plain wrong.
I'm glad that a book was written about the wagon but I'm distressed that the book didn't come right out and say, "The men stole the wagon but later returned it." Our children are getting the message that it's okay to do something that is wrong, that is against the law, if their motives/intentions are good. Please authors when you write a book, don't whitewash the truth so that it justifies the actions, even when that action is wrong.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2013A well intentioned book by one of my favorite authors, but one that I believe should be recalled by the publisher for editing. Specifically it states that " each slave got a mule and forty acres when he was freed." This simply isn't true, and could in fact lead a child or parent to believe that slaves were fairly compensated upon emancipation and the conclusion that they had no claims upon slaveowners or the goverment for further reparations. One can imagine the descendants of poor non-slaves saying "we didn't get anything, look what they got-- so why are they still complaining?"
Please note that this book is non-fiction. As such the writer, the editor and the publisher have an obligation to fact check. And the truth is that while a small number of slaves were compensated with land through, for example, Sherman's Special Field Orders # 15, most were not.