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Title: From Slave Ship to Freedom Road by Julius Lester, Rod Brown ISBN: 0-14-056669-4 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazing is not strong enough
Comment: I am a college student that had this book read to me in one of my literacy classes. I have never seen a "children's" book so powerful. Most elementary social studies books give a less graphic approach to slavery. I think that this is a great book to use in the classroom. Many history books paint a more rosie picture of slavery. This book can open up the eyes of many students. I fear though that parents and administrators may be disapproving of this text. That probably is because they are afraid or ashamed of history. This book would work wonders for a social issues literacy discussion. Students are encouraged to reflect feelings of empathy not sympathy when reading this book. This is a wonderful book and I encourage teachers and parents everywhere to use it when dealing with the topic of slavery. It can open many people's eyes!!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: A powerful exploration of African-American history
Comment: "From Slave Ship to Freedom Road" combines text by Julius Lester with the superb paintings of Rod Brown. Together they tell the story of African-American enslavement and freedom.
Brown's paintings are truly stunning. He creates images that are often disturbing and graphic: men chained together like cargo in a slave ship's hold, a slave's back bloody with fresh welts, etc. But he also renders the faces of people with great care and tenderness.
At times, I felt that Lester's text was a bit too racially charged (for example, he includes separate "Imagination Exercises" for black and white readers). But on the whole, this is a moving and educational book. Also, there is text and an illustration explaining how many whites risked their lives to help escaped slaves; this aspect of the book is an effective celebration of racial reconciliation.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is a "must read" for all children!
Comment: Julius Lester has an amazing way with words in this powerful book about the journey to America on the slaveship. The illustrator, Rod Brown, is phenomenal! The two of them together made this book a tool for empowering young people to understand the experiences of Africans coming to America against their will. Although some of the content is tear-jerking and painful, it is necessary reading for all upper elementary and higher grade students. Adults should read it too!
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Title: To Be a Slave by Julius Lester, Tom Feelings, S. November ISBN: 0141310014 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation: A Three-Dimensional Interactive Book with Photographs and Documents from the Black Holocaust Exhibit by VELMA MAIA THOMAS ISBN: 0609600303 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 07 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853 by Paul Erickson ISBN: 0140566686 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Letters From a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs by Mary E. Lyons ISBN: 0689800150 Publisher: Simon Pulse Pub. Date: 01 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Bound for America : The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World by James Haskins, Floyd Cooper ISBN: 0688102581 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 20 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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