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Moses

When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book)

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By Carole Boston Weatherford

Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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A Caldecott Honor Book
A Coretta Scott King Award Winner

From a highly acclaimed author and bestselling artist comes 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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On Sale
Sep 1, 2006
Page Count
48 pages
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13
9780786851751

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Carole Boston Weatherford

About the Author

Carole Boston Weatherford is a children’s book author and poet who often tells the stories of African American historical figures and events. Weatherford’s books have received a variety of awards, including Caldecott Honors for Freedom in Congo Square and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina and invites you to visit her online at cbweatherford.com.

Alea Marley is a children’s illustrator living and working in England. She loves creating whimsical scenes that are filled with patterns, texture, and bursts of color. Her favorite mediums to work with are chunky pencils, watercolor crayons, and digital brushes. Alea invites you to visit her online at aleamarley.co.uk.
 

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Kadir Nelson

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Kadir Nelson is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the Caldecott Medal–winning The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; the New York Times bestselling We Are the Ship, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor as well as the Sibert Award Medal; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, which was an NAACP Image Award winner, Caldecott Honor Book, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner. His work has appeared in many publications, including Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and The New Yorker. Nelson’s original paintings are in the permanent collections of the United States House of Representatives, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Kadir lives in Southern California and invites you to visit him online at kadirnelson.com.

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