Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Audience: All Ages
• Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
• List: Notable Children's Books

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  Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom

  By Carole Boston Weatherford (Author), Michele Wood (Illustrator)

  The true story of Henry “Box” Brown, who shipped himself to freedom in a box, is told in 51 emotionally intense poems that have implications for the present day.

  • Poetry, Biography
  • John Newbery Medal 2021 (Honor Title), Notable Children's Books 2021
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763691561
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  Freedom in Congo Square

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)

  In rhythmic text and exuberant illustrations, Weatherford and Christie tell the story of slaves who, after toiling all week, had one afternoon free to dance, sing, and play music in New Orleans' Congo Square.

  • Fiction, Historical Fiction
  • Notable Children's Books 2017, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2017 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9781499801033
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  Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

  By Carole Boston Weatherford, Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)

  The inspirational singer and Civil Rights activist comes to life in 22 brief, first person, free verse poems that seamlessly incorporate Hamer's own words. The biography takes her from a sharecropping child to a community leader.

  • Nonfiction, History, US History, Poetry, Biography
  • Notable Children's Books 2016, Randolph Caldecott Medal 2016 (Honor Title), Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2016 (Honor Title)
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763665319