Alaina's Reviews > Sing, Aretha, Sing!: Aretha Franklin,"Respect," and the Civil Rights Movement

A cute, well written book in a long line of children's books written about Aretha Franklin. Hanif Abdurraqib is able to bring to the forefront Franklin's activism which ties directly to her music. Even though this book is focused on the Civil Rights movement I did find it a little strange that there wasn't the slightest mention of how "Respect" was a popular anthem for the Women's Rights movement also, at least until the author's note. But all in all, this is a good book to give to children to learn about the Civil Rights movement and Aretha Franklin.