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Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, a (1 Paperback/1 CD) [With Paperback Book] by David A. Adler
mrsbond's review against another edition
4.0
Factual picturebook telling about the life of Harriet Tubman, beginning with her birth and ending with her death. Provides great detail into her family, life and her part in the Underground Railroad. Illustrations are colorful, detailed and graphic (one scene shows Harriet holding gun to an escaping slave who considers returning to slavery). Important dates listed at end of book.
lirael's review against another edition
3.0
I love reading about people, especially brave people to whom I can look up (wow, that was awkward). Anyway, Harriet Tubman is a hero. What a strong woman!
joannerixon's review against another edition
4.0
This book is clearly written while still being dramatic enough to hold the attention of a five year old who actually prefers dinosaurs to humans. It gives a thorough history of Tubman and how awesome she was, and plenty of background about American slavery.
My one complaint is that there are a few places where the sentence construction is unnecessarily passive, e.g. "The slaves worked hard all day, but they weren't paid." or "Harriet saw two of her sisters taken away in chains." Some writers might feel that admitting who chose to do these things is too intense for kids, but I disagree. It creates an absence in history if we can't write "White slaveowners forced their slaves to work hard all day, but didn't pay them," or "White slave traders put two of Harriet's sisters in chains and took them away." Failing to tell kids the truth about history isn't doing them any favors.
Still, overall this is a great book and I was glad to read it to my kid.
My one complaint is that there are a few places where the sentence construction is unnecessarily passive, e.g. "The slaves worked hard all day, but they weren't paid." or "Harriet saw two of her sisters taken away in chains." Some writers might feel that admitting who chose to do these things is too intense for kids, but I disagree. It creates an absence in history if we can't write "White slaveowners forced their slaves to work hard all day, but didn't pay them," or "White slave traders put two of Harriet's sisters in chains and took them away." Failing to tell kids the truth about history isn't doing them any favors.
Still, overall this is a great book and I was glad to read it to my kid.
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