Listed here are a few of the 12 months's finest, starting with my choice for the Greatest Image E-book of 2013. Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jamey Christoph, the book traces Parks' journey from Fort Scott, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., as he nurtured his interest in photography as a technique to document and expose oppression within the United States.

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How do you begin a dialog with youngsters on America's legacy of racial injustice?

A new image ebook, Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, takes on the admirable process of translating difficult material to readers ages 5 to eight. But that varies depending on the age group