Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom /

Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom /

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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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- (Author)
Corporate Authors: Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania), Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania), Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania), Lucy and Richard Cook Children's Book Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Other Authors: Lee, Ellice M. (Designer), Nelson, Kadir (Illustrator), Tehon, Atha (Designer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Jump At the Sun : Hyperion Books for Children, 2006
Edition:First edition
Subjects:
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913
Tubman, Harriet, > 1822-1913 > Juvenile literature
African American women > Biography > Juvenile literature
Determination (Personality trait) > Juvenile literature
Enslaved persons > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
Individuality > Juvenile literature
Underground Railroad > Juvenile literature
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature
CHR 2006
PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy 1 & 2)
PRO Cook, Lucy (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
PRO Cook, Richard (donor) (Cook Collection copy)
PRO Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
PRO Tehon, Susan (donor) (Tehon Collection copy)
African American women > Biography
Determination (Personality trait)
Enslaved persons
Individuality
Underground Railroad
Women > Biography
United States
Biographies
Description
Summary: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
Item Description:Designed by Atha Tehon
"Designed by Ellice M. Lee. This book is set in Kennerley."--T.p. verso
Physical Description:42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Audience:"Ages 5-8"--Inside front dust-jacket
Awards:Caldecott Honor, 2007
Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Illustrator, Winner, 2007
ISBN:0786851759
Place of Publication:United States -- New York (State) -- New York (City)

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