Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
By: Levine, Ellen
Contributor(s): Nelson, Kadir [ill.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2007Edition: 1st edDescription: [40] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: 043977733X (reinforced) :; 9780439777339 (reinforced) :Subject(s): Brown, Henry Box, 1816- -- Juvenile fiction | Slavery -- Juvenile fiction | African Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction | Brown, Henry Box, 1816- -- Fiction | Slavery -- Fiction | African Americans -- Fiction | Underground Railroad -- FictionAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Henry's freedom box.DDC classification: [Fic] LOC classification: PZ7.L57833 | Hen 2007Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection. | Caldecott Honor, 2008. | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.CD narrated by Jerry Dixon.Summary: A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
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Art techniques used: Layers of pencil, watercolor and oil paint in rich double page layouts.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Caldecott Honor, 2008.
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (colophon).
A fictionalized account of how in 1849 a Virginia slave, Henry "Box" Brown, escapes to freedom by shipping himself in a wooden crate from Richmond to Philadelphia.
CD narrated by Jerry Dixon.
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