In his book, Heart and Soul, Kadir Nelson creatively tells the story of African American history in the US. Through the narration of an unknown and elderly black woman, the book is made very personal to the reader. It is as if the reader's grandmother is retelling family history. He is a well known artist, and the theme of art and history is woven through the entire book. He includes famous pictures in museums as well as his own pictures to paint the involvement of African Americans in the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, abolition and slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and all the way through Civil Rights and WWII. He ends the book talking about Martin Luther King Jr. and leaves the reader on a very hopeful note.
This book is quite impressive in the way it thoroughly and creatively walks a young reader through the history of the United States through the eyes of an African American. It is too long to be used as a read-aloud book in its entirety, however reading a chapter a day could be a great way to begin the day or a lesson.
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