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Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) Hardcover - 2006

by Carole Boston Weatherford; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)

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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A Caldecott Honor BookA Coretta Scott King Award Winner
In this award-winning book, acclaimed author Carole Boston Weatherford and bestselling artist Kadir Nelson offer 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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  • Title Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)
  • Author Carole Boston Weatherford; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date September 1, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780786851751 / 0786851759
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.6 x 10.8 x 0.4 in (29.46 x 27.43 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 660
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Women, African American women
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007275902
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 11/01/2006, Page 28
  • Booklist, 08/01/2006, Page 81
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2006, Page 148
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2006, Page 737
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2007, Page 177
  • Kirkus Best Books, 05/15/2006, Page 23
  • Kirkus Best Children's Books, 12/01/2006, Page 22
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 09/01/2006, Page 914
  • Multicultural Review, 05/01/2007, Page 91
  • New York Times, 02/11/2007, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/31/2006, Page 78
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/2006, Page 129
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2006, Page 43

About the author

Carole Boston Weatherford has written more than fifty books, including the Caldecott Honor recipients Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. She won a Coretta Scott King Author Honor for Becoming Billie Holiday, NAACP Image Awards for Moses and for Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America, the Arnold Adoff Poetry Award for The Legendary Miss Lena Horne, and an SCBWI Golden Kite and We Need Diverse Books Walter Award for Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library. Baltimore-born, Weatherford teaches at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina.
Kadir Nelson is the Caldecott Medal-winning artist of The Undefeated and a two-time Caldecott Honor recipient for Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford and Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine. Among his numerous other awards are three NAACP Image Awards, two Coretta Scott King Author Awards, and three Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards. His work has appeared in many publications including The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker, and his paintings are in the private and public permanent collections of notable institutions across the country, including the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.; The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown; the International Olympic Committee, and the US House of Representatives. Kadir lives with his wife is Southern California, and invites you to visit him at www.kadirnelson.com.
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