HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX
FOR 3RD GRADE
About The Book
| Henry Brown
doesn't know how old he is. Nobody keeps records of slaves' birthdays.
All the time he dreams about freedom, but that dream seems farther away
than ever when he is torn from his family and put to work in a
warehouse. When Henry grows up and marries, he is again devastated when
his family is sold at the slave market. Then one day, as he lifts a
crate at the warehouse, he knows exactly what he must do. He will mail
himself to the North. After a difficult journey in the crate, Henry
finally has a birthday and his first day of freedom. |
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About the Author
| Ellen Levine was born in New York City. She received her B.A. degree in Politics from Brandeis University, graduating Magna cum laude. She has a Master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago and a Juris Doctor degree from New York University School of Law. She has worked in film and television, taught adults and immigrant teenagers in special education and ESL programs, and served a law clerkship with Chief Judge Joseph Lord, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Levine now devotes her time to writing, lecturing, and teaching. She is on the faculty of Vermont College's MFA program in writing for Children and Young Adults. Ellen Levine's books have won many awards and honors, including the Jane Addams Peace Award. Although she enjoys writing both fiction and nonfiction, most of Ellen's books for young readers have been nonfiction. "Writing nonfiction lets me in behind the scenes of the story. I enjoy learning new things and meeting new people, even if they lived 200 years ago." To learn more about the author click here. |
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About the Illustrator
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A lifelong artist, Kadir
Nelson has illustrated books written by Will Smith and Debbie Allen. His
paintings have appeared on television shows and are part of the
collections of numerous well-known people, like Steven Spielberg, Spike
Lee, Denzel Washington, and Queen Latifah. He received the Coretta Scott
King Award for Ellington Was Not a
Street and We Are the Ship:
The Story of Negro Baseball, which also won the Robert F. Sibert
Medal, and the NAACP Image
Award for Just the Two of Us.
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