Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson

I very much wanted to root this story in the emotion of the event, and I felt a fictional character would be best for what I was going for. Does she represent one particular person in the Children’s March or is it a fictional character compiled from multiple true stories? The papers in the south at the time suppressed the story-I can’t tell you how many people living in the south at the time have told me they had never heard of the Children’s March.Īrt by Frank Morrison © 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt In one word, how would you describe the children who marched? The children who marched in 1963 deserve their true story to be remembered and told often. That is totally, absolutely false, as anyone who lived through it will tell you. The first time I heard the story, the person relaying the story said that the white policemen were so moved by what the children were doing that they put down their guns and water hoses, kneeled, and let the children pass unharmed. Or if it was remembered, it was remembered incorrectly. I wrote it because the story was being forgotten. Get the inside scoop on #letthechildrenmarch! Click To Tweet Why did you choose to write your debut picture book about the Children’s March in 1963? I live in a yurt with one husband, too many cats, and just the right amount of daughters. I’m also a children’s librarian, professional actor, voice-over artist, and speech-writer, and I live in a yurt in the country with one husband, too many cats, and just the right amount of daughters. I write picture books, contemporary middle-grade fiction, and YA fiction. The kid who is too smart, too fat, too weird, or whatever–anyone doesn’t fit in the “norm”-that’s who I want to write about. Characters in the margins are who I’m interested in writing, fiction-wise. I’m most interested in bringing forward stories that are being forgotten or misremembered. I’m passionately in love with stories–my stories, your stories, and the stories that connect us across culture, race, and age. *this post contains affiliate links Let the Children March: Interview with Monica Clark-Robinson Before we begin Monica, please introduce yourself. An exclusive interview with about her debut children's book, #letthechildrenmarch! Click To Tweet The right book, at the right time, can change a child’s life. In this collaboration with Frank Morrison, Monica has written about the often forgotten stories of tiny and mighty freedom fighters in the Civil Rights Movement.īelow she gives us incredible insight into her new book, shares her must-reads in children’s literature, and most importantly, shares why the right book, at the right time, can change a child’s life.īonus: Scroll down and enter to win a copy of Let the Children March.

I have the great honor of introducing Monica Clark-Robinson who has just debuted her first children’s book, Let the Children March.

Let the Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson