Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

Name: Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Coretta Scott King
ISBN: 9781250877437

Author: Coretta Scott King

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners

Published: 01/02/2024

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, African American & Black Nonfiction, Social Topics, Prejudice & Racism

Synopsis

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy's inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King's autobiography.—AudioFile

"Music and sound effects are beautifully paired with January LaVoy’s inviting narration of this adaptation of Coretta Scott King’s autobiography for adults."—The Children's Book Review

"Narrator January LaVoy is a superb cipher, her gentle gravitas both intimate and respectful. An enhancing soundtrack underscores her performance...LaVoy’s impressive narration ensures a memorable standalone audiobook."—School Library Journal

This audiobook features sound design and special effects to enhance your enjoyment of Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Listen out for the sounds or protest, change, and a life well lived.

Adapted from her adult memoir, this is the autobiography of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (the King Center), and twentieth-century American civil and human rights activist.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company.

About Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist, international human rights champion and author, the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., and the mother of four. Born in 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama, she died in 2006 in Rosarito Beach, Mexico.

About Ekua Holmes

Ekua Holmes is a native of Roxbury, MA and a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She is the recipient of the 2013 NAACP Image Award, a Brother Thomas Fellowship, and a 5-year appointment to the Boston Art Commission. Her picture book illustrations include the Caldecott Honor book Voice of Freedom and the Coretta Scott King Award winners Out of Wonder and The Stuff of Stars. Holmes serves as Assistant Director of MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships, and manages sparc! the ArtMobile, the institution’s vehicle for community outreach.

About January LaVoy

January LaVoy has narrated the Sweet Valley Confidential series for Macmillan Audio, as well as The Snow Angel by Glenn Beck and Dreams of the Dead by Perri O’Shaughnessy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Star on January 15, 2024

Thank you Macmillan Audio, Macmillan Young Listeners for accepting my request to audibly read Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. Narrator: January LaVoy Stars: 4 I had to listen twice. Yes, it's true. I picked up a book on Mrs. King and spent the first listen wondering when I was......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on December 31, 2023

Lovely autobiography. Learned so much about Mrs. King.......more

Goodreads review by Christina on January 18, 2024

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC audiobook. This is a children’s book, a condensed autobiography of Coretta Scott King, MLK Jr.’s wife. I already knew all of these facts because of reading the latest MLK biography last year, but this was a refreshing review of just how determined and admirable Co......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on December 16, 2023

I just finished listening to the autobiography of Coretta Scott King narrated by January Lavoie, who I want to say is my favorite narrator and always does such a phenomenal job. In the book about Mrs. King we learned about her birth in Alabama her hiring out to get money for her family when she was......more

Goodreads review by Molly on July 31, 2024

It hurts to give anything with Coretta Scott King's name a low rating. The main reason is the use of brackets. A child wouldn't care which words were her own. Many of the good reviews seem to be from the audiobook and my rating would have been much higher if I was listening to it being read. The ill......more