Showing 1–3 of 3 titles

• Audience: All Ages
• Genre: Poetry
• Genre: Biography

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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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  Imagine

  By Juan Felipe Herrera, Lauren Castillo (Illustrator)

  Herrera uses poetry to recount his journey and invites readers to imagine their own future full of possibilities.

  • Nonfiction, Poetry, Biography, Literature
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • All Ages
  • ISBN: 9780763690526
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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