Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by…
Information About This Item
Creator
Levine, Ellen.
Nelson, Kadir, illustrator.
Title
Henry's freedom box / by Ellen Levine ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Date
2007
Description
CD narrated by Jerry Dixon.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (colophon).
Caldecott Medal Honor Book, 2008
A Junior Library Guild selection.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (colophon).
Caldecott Medal Honor Book, 2008
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Subject
Brown, Henry Box, 1815 or 1816- -- Juvenile fiction.
Slavery -- Juvenile fiction.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Underground Railroad -- Juvenile fiction.
Format
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Coverage
New York