Status
Available
Publication
New York : Scholastic, [2008], c2007.
Library's review
"Nelson’s powerful portraits add a majestic element to Levine’s history-based tale of Henry “Box” Brown, a slave who escaped by having himself mailed to freedom in a crate. Depicted as a solemn boy with an arresting gaze on the cover, Henry displays riveting presence in every successive
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scene, as he grows from child to adult, marries and is impelled to make his escape after seeing his beloved wife and children sold to slaveowners. Related in measured, sonorous prose that makes a perfect match for the art, this is a story of pride and ingenuity that will leave readers profoundly moved, especially those who may have been tantalized by the entry on Brown in Virginia Hamilton’s Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom (1993). (afterword, reading list) (Picture book. 8-10)" www.kirkusreviews.com Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Caldecott Medal (Honor Book — 2008)
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2010)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (2007)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2008)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2010)
Red Clover Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades K-2 — 2008)
Great Lakes Great Books Award (Honor Book — 2009)
Bluestem Award (Nominee — 2011)
Buckaroo Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 2012)
West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award (Nominee — 2008-2009)
Comstock Read Aloud Book Award (Honor — 2008)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Elementary — 2009)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Picture Books — 2008)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Carolina Book Awards (Nominee — Picture Book Award — 2009)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
CCBC Choices (2008)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Intermediate — 2008)
Notable Children's Book (2008)
Teacher Favorites Award (2008)
Language
Original publication date
2007
ISBN
054505740X / 9780545057400