The New York Times similarly celebrated the three-voice narrative and rich illustrations. Kirkus also commends the 'elegant free verse' done by author Carole Boston Weatherford.

Kirkus awarded it a starred review, praising 'Nelson’s double-page, full-bleed paintings' that 'illuminate both the dire physical and transcendent spiritual journey' that Harriet endures. It has been awarded as a Caldecott Honor book and with the Coretta Scott King Award.Ī starred review in Publishers Weekly compliments the book's 'elegant design' and the illustration's 'intense portraits' and their ability to 'convey all the emotion of Tubman's monumental mission.' It also applauds the author for the way in which the text was framed, as 'an ongoing dialogue between Tubman and God.' Harriet ultimately escapes the brutal practice of forced servitude and then, after missing and thinking about her family, bravely returns to help many others make the same journey to find freedom. Along her tiring and long journey, she trusts people who could easily turn her in, sleeps in fear, and most importantly, relies on God. She takes nothing but her faith and travels through woods to safety.

Harriet leaves her family and plantation behind, led by God, to find free land in the north. Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is an awarded picture book about Harriet Tubman, one of the most inspiring figures of the Underground Railroad. Diverse typography braids three distinct narrative strands. In elegant free verse, Weatherford imagines Tubman’s remarkable escape from slavery and her role in guiding hundreds to freedom. It has received both a Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award. by Carole Boston Weatherford & illustrated by Kadir Nelson RELEASE DATE: Sept. She now lives in North Carolina, and teaches in the English department at Fayetteville State University.Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is a 2006 children's picture book by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Kadir Nelson, originally published by Hyperion Books for Children. Since then Boston Weatherford has published many more works and won several awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award. Her first book, Juneteenth Jamboree, was published in 1995. She continued writing throughout her formative years, but it was only after becoming a parent that she pursued writing full-time, entering a creative writing program at University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Appropriate for young readers from preschool to young adult, her work deserves a place in your classroom or home library.Ĭarole Boston Weatherford was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and wrote her first poem while in the first grade.

The prolific author of multiple books for children, young people, and adults, Carole Boston Weatherford 'mines the past for family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles' to write poetry, nonfiction, and picture books that give pride of place to the African American experience.

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