Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford . [print]
Publication details: New York : Hyperion Books for Children, [c)2006.Description: 42 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type:- unspecified
- unmediated
- volume
- 0786851759
- 9780786851751
- Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913 -- Juvenile literature
- Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913
- Slaves -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Underground Railroad -- Juvenile literature
- African American women abolitionists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Slaves
- African American women -- Biography
- Underground Railroad
- United States
- Grade one
- Grade two
- Grade three
- E444.W362.M674 2006
- E444.T82.N427.M674 2006
- COPYRIGHT NOT covered - Click this link to request copyright permission:
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) | G. Allen Fleece Library Caldecott Collection - Second Floor | Fiction | E444.W438.M674 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31923001457791 |
"Jump at the sun."
Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
Ages 5-8.
Grade one. Grade two. Grade three. https://www.amazon.com/Moses-Harriet-Tubman-Freedom-Caldecott/dp/0786851759
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Carole Boston Weatherford is a children's book author and poet who "mines the past for family stories, fading traditions, and forgotten struggles." A number of Weatherford's books tell the stories of African-American historical figures such as Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, and Billie Holiday. Other books recount historical events such as the Greensboro Sit-ins and the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Weatherford's books have received a wide variety of awards, including a Caldecott Honor for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/57825.Carole_Boston_Weatherford
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