Before She Was Harriet

Before She Was Harriet

Title: Before She Was Harriet

Genre: Biography

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome

Illustrator: James E. Ransome

Awards: Coretta Scott King Award, 2018 Christopher Award Winner

Age group: 4 and up

This book about Harriet Tubman, is beautifully illustrated and a great informational telling of her life.

Summary:

This book goes through the life of Harriet Tubman starting from the near end of her life and going backwards with the phrase “before she was”... it tells about her as a Suffragist, General Tubman, Union Spy for the civil war, and more. It ends with her dream that came true, of living long enough to be old yet free.

I believe this book would be a great thing to have in the classroom because it tells of an important person in history and would be a great informative book to read.

The appropriate grade level for this book would be 1st grade and up because it is a rather simple book to read. This book has a decent amount of words to a page, though the sentences flow easily and it has really good pictures to help follow along. Though this book does have some more complex vocabulary and would probably make more sense to older kids.

This book can be used in the classroom on a unit/study about slavery and African American history. It could also be used by a student for a research project if needed because it has some great information.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy