The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963

Enter the hilarious world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. There's Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, Kenny, and Byron, Kenny's older brother, who, at thirteen, is an "official juvenile delinquent." When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons set out on a trip like no other. Heading South, they're going to Birmingham, Alabama, and toward one of the darkest moments in America's history. By turns comic, tragic, and touching, this remarkable Newbery Honor work, delightfully performed by LeVar Burton in this unabridged production, will delight listeners young and old as they meet Christopher Paul Curtis, a storyteller of bold ambition and a true and original voice and his inimitable Watsons. Christopher Paul Curtis is the bestselling author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award, among many other honors. Christopher Paul Curtis grew up in Flint, Michigan. After high school, he began working on the assembly line at Fisher Body Flint Plant No. 1 while attending the Flint branch of the University of Michigan, where he began writing essays and fiction. He is now a full-time writer. Look for Bud, Not Buddy on audio from Listening Library. LeVar Burton played Kunte Kinte in the acclaimed mini-series Roots. He starred in both Star Trek: The Next Generation films as Lt. Commander Geordi LaForge, the role he made famous on television. Other credits include a regular role on the CBS series Christy, and he serves as host and contributing producer of the Emmy Award-winning children's program Reading Rainbow.