Historical Fiction: Moses
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Genre: Historical Fiction
Major Awards: Caldecott Medal Nominee (2007), Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrator(2007), NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children's
Age Group: 8-10 years old
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is an incredibly moving story about how Harriet Tubman's faith and perseverance helped to lead her and her people to freedom. The story begins with Harriet talking to God and asking Him for guidance; she is worried about being sold to the south and separated from her family, and God tells her to follow the north star to freedom. Harriet doesn't tell anyone about her plans to leave and when God says the time has come she escapes into the night and begins her journey. Along her journey, Harriet worries that she won't make it alone, she fears getting captured, she never knows who to trust, she misses her family, her feet are bleeding and tired, and she has to hide to avoid getting captured before she can make it to the north safely. The entire time during her long journey, all her fears, worries, doubts were dispelled by her faith in God and the assurance that He would lead her to safety. When Harriet arrives in the north although she is happy, she is also sad because she can't share her newfound freedom with her family, and she makes the decision to go back and get them. Before she embarks on her journey God tells her to go to church and there she finds a station a part of the Underground Railroad and learns the routes to better prepare herself for her journey back to the south. Through Gods continuous guidance not only was
Harriet Tubman able to save her family, but she also managed to help several others escape to freedom.
Moses is an excellent book that would make a wonderful addition to any 3rd-5th-grade classroom library. The book tells the powerful story of Harriet Tubman's path to freedom and gives the historical background of how Harriet Tubman used the underground railroad to help lead several enslaved people to freedom. This book is a wonderful story for students to read in the library and would make a really nice reference book for students to use in a Black History project about Harriet Tubman.
Age Group: 8-10 years old
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom is an incredibly moving story about how Harriet Tubman's faith and perseverance helped to lead her and her people to freedom. The story begins with Harriet talking to God and asking Him for guidance; she is worried about being sold to the south and separated from her family, and God tells her to follow the north star to freedom. Harriet doesn't tell anyone about her plans to leave and when God says the time has come she escapes into the night and begins her journey. Along her journey, Harriet worries that she won't make it alone, she fears getting captured, she never knows who to trust, she misses her family, her feet are bleeding and tired, and she has to hide to avoid getting captured before she can make it to the north safely. The entire time during her long journey, all her fears, worries, doubts were dispelled by her faith in God and the assurance that He would lead her to safety. When Harriet arrives in the north although she is happy, she is also sad because she can't share her newfound freedom with her family, and she makes the decision to go back and get them. Before she embarks on her journey God tells her to go to church and there she finds a station a part of the Underground Railroad and learns the routes to better prepare herself for her journey back to the south. Through Gods continuous guidance not only was
Harriet Tubman able to save her family, but she also managed to help several others escape to freedom.
Moses is an excellent book that would make a wonderful addition to any 3rd-5th-grade classroom library. The book tells the powerful story of Harriet Tubman's path to freedom and gives the historical background of how Harriet Tubman used the underground railroad to help lead several enslaved people to freedom. This book is a wonderful story for students to read in the library and would make a really nice reference book for students to use in a Black History project about Harriet Tubman.
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