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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006-01-09

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)

Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)

Carole Boston Weatherford, Author

Kadir Nelson, Illustrator

Hardcover

9780786851751

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Lyrical text describes Harriet 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 slavery. This is a moving portrait of one of the most inspiring figures of the Underground Railroad--a woman who would take 19 subsequent trips back South without being caught.
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Keywords and Themes: African American & Black • Biographical • Historical • JUV004020 • JUV011010 • JUV016140 • Juvenile Fiction • United States • United States - 19th Century

Age Range • 4-8

Pages • 48

Subjects • African American women abolitionists • Abolitionists • African American women • Women • Underground Railroad • Tubman • Harriet • Slaves • United States

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Biographical | United States • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century • Juvenile Fiction | African American & Black

A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Award Winner

From a highly acclaimed author and bestselling artist comes a resounding, reverent tribute to Harriet Tubman, the woman who earned the name Moses for her heroic role in the Underground Railroad.

I set the North Star in the heavens and I mean for you to be free...

Born into slavery, Harriet Tubman hears these words from God one summer night and decides to leave her husband and family behind and escape. Taking with her only her faith, she must creep through woods with hounds at her feet, sleep for days in a potato hole, and trust people who could have easily turned her in. But she was never alone.

In lyrical text, Carole Boston Weatherford 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. Courageous, compassionate, and deeply religious, Harriet Tubman, with her bravery and relentless pursuit of freedom, is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit.

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