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Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
4) Pocahontas
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brief biography about Pocahontas and her role as peacemaker between the Powhatan tribes and the settlers of Jamestown.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life and work of Harriet Tubman, who helped free slaves through the Underground Railroad and continued helping freed slaves after the Civil War.
7) Ellen Ochoa
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the first Hispanic woman astronaut.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Here is the remarkable true story of how former slave Isabella Baumfree transformed herself into the preacher and orator Sojourner Truth, as told by acclaimed author Ann Turner and award-winning illustrator James Ransome. An iconic figure of the abolitionist and women's rights movements, Sojourner Truth famously spoke out for equal rights roughly one hundred years before the civil rights movement. My Name Is Truth includes a detailed historical note,...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First Aladdin edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces Harriet Tubman, from her birth into slavery, through her daring escape to freedom in the north, to her tireless efforts during the Civil War to free other slave via the Underground Railroad.
14) A history of me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A mother's account of her experience as the only Black child in school serves as an empowering message to her daughter"--
15) Pocahontas
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the life of Pocahontas, a Powhatan Indian, which covers her birth, meetings with English settlers, trip to England, family life, and death.
18) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A short biography of the famous civil rights figure and her work.
Author
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.
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