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Name of Book: I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery Author: Cynthia Grady Illustrator: Michele Wood Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780802853868 (Hardcover) Audience: Ages 10 and up Summary: This book is a collection of fourteen poems that tells the

Title:  The Longest Night; A Passover Story Author:  Laurel Snyder Illustrator:  Catia Chien Publisher:  Schwartz & Wade Books ISBN:  9780375869426 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  This book tells the Exodus story through the eyes of a small Jewish girl. Literary elements at

Name of Book: Journey to the Bottomless Pit Author: Elizabeth Mitchell Illustrator: Kelynn Alder Publisher:  Scholastic ISBN: 0439826403 (paperback) Audience: 6-8th grade Summary:  This is a fictionalized history of Stephen Bishop, a Kentucky slave in 1838 who at the age of 17

Name of Book: Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom Author: Carole Boston Weatherford Illustrator: Kadir Nelson Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Audience: Ages 6 and up Summary: The story of a particular slave, Harriet Tubman, who escapes from slavery and is

Name of Book:  Almost to Freedom Author:  Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Illustrator:  Colin Bootman Publisher:  Scholastic Inc. Audience:  ages 6+ Summary:  A rag doll tells the story of a slave family’s escape to find freedom “in a place called North.”  The doll tells of being sewn by