Let Freedom Singis actually a book for preschoolers dealing with the Civil Rights movement in the USA beginning in 1955. The song, This Little Light of Mine, is considered a Civil Rights song along with We Shall Overcome. This story interweaves the book pages with words from This Little Light of Mine and people singing. There are pictures of people letting their lights shine by standing up for rights and freedom. One of the people shining light on injustice included is Rosa Parks. The story says, “Rose Parks refused to move, She let her light shine.” Although the story words are few, the song lines repetitive, and the large hand-drawn colorful pictures bright, this book deals with a very serious subject. I am always in awe when authors convey truth and difficult subject matter in a child-friendly way even preschoolers can grasp. In the beginning of the book several songs and names of famous people are shared. The editors at Blue Apple Books continue by saying, “They are many others, unnamed and unsung, let their lights shine.” ( )

"Let Freedom Sing" is a book that consist of a series of poems that are about the struggles that African American's had during the civil rights era. The book talks about Rosa Parks, "colored" people being able to attend school,sitting at the same lunch counters at white people, and marching for civil rights. Throughout the book a song is being sung, that song is "This little light of mine, im gonna let shine.." I love that song and I always have so I loved that part of the book. The illustrations were also very neat. They seemed almost like a scrapbook at one point, with lots of newspaper. Overall this would be the perfect book to do a lesson on civil rights with. ( )