The young boy believes that one day the song will call him to find liberty…īy Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Rod Brown 2012 Somewhere in the antebellum South, a grandfather, father, and son have taught each other a song – a hammered pattern on an anvil which signals safety and freedom to those hiding nearby and traveling on the Underground Railraod. Who doesn’t love a good apple? Based on an anecdote from Harriet Tubman herself, this story tells her story, featuring desires for freedom and the generosity to share with others.īy Elizabeth Van Steenwyk, illustrated by Anna Rich 2018
A strong introduction to a remarkable American woman.īy Glennette Tilley Turner, illustrated by Susan Keeter 2006 Ransome 2017īeautifully illustrated and thoughtfully written, this book traces the many roles and names of Harriet Tubman in poetry form, including conductor, spy, and suffragist.
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This story emphasizes Harriet Tubman’s faith and spiritual belief in a mission to free herself and then free others trapped in slavery while revealing the difficulties she faced on her journeys.īy Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James E. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedomīy Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson 2006 So in the spirit of helping very young “emerging” students of history, here are my top eight favorite books about the Underground Railroad and its heroes and heroines. There’s no better time to kindle the spark and build the next generation of historians. I hope they will inspire you to pick up a book and share history with a child. These books feature positive role models and historical introductions to slavery and the underground railroad in age-appropriate formats for youngsters. We read aloud, discussed, and found wonderful books focused on African American history that have been more recently released. So I asked her if she would like to read with me now. My mom always read to my brothers and I, and she had found some awesome history picture storybooks for us – way back when. Now, over a decade later and with new emphasis on ethic histories, I wondered what could be found on the juvenile shelves. I learned about the slavery, the underground railroad, and emancipation in generalized history books from the children’s section in the library. When I was kid, Black History Month and African American History Month – though official in 1970 – were just starting to be recognized and celebrated in our local California community a couple decades later.
I’m working on a project, I explain to her…and she smiles. She knows I don’t have children and beautifully illustrated thirty page books are not the typical volumes found on my library record.
The librarian at the check-out desk looked at me a little strangely when I picked up a large stack of picture books.
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