Harriet Ross Tubman (Journey to Freedom: The African American Library) [Library Binding]

Don Troy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999 | Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up | Series: Journey to Freedom: The African American Library

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-Chronological overviews of the lives of well-known African Americans. Although there is little elaboration on the material presented, there are enough details for readers to get a sense of what the protagonists' lives were like. Both titles are attractively formatted with lots of white space, print size that is easy on the eyes, and one or two clear sepia-toned or full-color photographs or reproductions per spread. Boxed captions for each picture add to the information found in the text. There are no bibliographies, yet the book on Angelou lists sources for the quoted material. Accuracy is a concern in the Tubman book. Readers are told that she had 11 brothers and sisters (she was one of 11 children). David Adler's A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman (Holiday, 1992), Dan Elish's Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad (Millbrook, 1993), and Jacob Lawrence's Harriet and the Promised Land (S & S, 1993) are already in many collections. With less written about Angelou for this audience, libraries should consider purchasing that title.
Kathleen Staerkel, Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 10 and up
  
• Library Binding: 40 pages
• Publisher: Child's World (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567665683
• ISBN-13: 978-1567665680
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,837,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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